Developing an Enterprise Asset Management
System for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (continued)
Soon after the implementation of the system,
it became apparent that all departments within Amtrak required
the infrastructure information contained in the system. The system
was redesigned to accommodate all fixed infrastructure information
and act as a centralized source of infrastructure management
information for all infrastructure groups (disciplines). The
IIM system includes information to support Track, Communication
and Signals, Electric Traction, Structures, Finance, Operations,
Marketing and Property (Real Estate) (see Table 1 and Figure
1).
The IIM system consists of an infrastructure database with applications that
use the information for decision support as well as tools that populate the database
and ensure data integrity. The infrastructure database is referred to as the
Shareable Expandable Database (SED), and consists of information defining the
layout of the infrastructure asset groups, information describing the vehicles
that travel over the layout, the condition of the infrastructure, and the work
performed on the infrastructure. The user interface consists of applications
and procedures to input, access, extract, analyze and present the information
in the database in order to assist in the management of the railway’s infrastructure.
All the infrastructure information components are referenced to the physical
location of each asset and its functional relationships with other assets. All
information is relational via asset location and its function. The vehicle information
is relational in terms of the vehicle identification number.
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Soon after the implementation of the system,
it became apparent that all departments within Amtrak required
the infrastructure information contained in the system. The system
was redesigned to accommodate all fixed infrastructure information
and act as a centralized source of infrastructure management
information for all infrastructure groups (disciplines). The
IIM system includes information to support Track, Communication
and Signals, Electric Traction, Structures, Finance, Operations,
Marketing and Property (Real Estate) (see Table 1 and Figure
1).
The IIM system consists of an infrastructure database with applications that
use the information for decision support as well as tools that populate the database
and ensure data integrity. The infrastructure database is referred to as the
Shareable Expandable Database (SED), and consists of information defining the
layout of the infrastructure asset groups, information describing the vehicles
that travel over the layout, the condition of the infrastructure, and the work
performed on the infrastructure. The user interface consists of applications
and procedures to input, access, extract, analyze and present the information
in the database in order to assist in the management of the railway’s infrastructure.
