Development of computerised maintenance management system for Tanzania Zambia railway authority (Tazara) workshops

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) are increasingly being used to manage and control plant and equipment maintenance in modem manufacturing and service industries. Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) were developed to help TAZARA Workshops to increase maintenance efficiency. Also to provide a central database for essential maintenance information, as well as information which are not essential but still very helpful. TAZARA CMMS systems were designed to track work orders, labor information, purchasing, inventory, and other areas of maintenance. The CMMS created handle the deskwork, giving more time to maintain the equipment compared to manual handling of the maintenance management. TAZARA Maintenance Management System strengthens maintenance operation by centralizing all of the maintenance information into one system. When a user creates a work order, the system does more than just generate a paper work order. It also checks available labor, available spare parts, the status of the equipment, and a host of other data, depending on the set up of the system. The information that previously took minutes or even hours to pull together from the files and notes now takes a few of seconds.