Enhancing the product life of automobiles by managing maintenance crisis in developing countries

摘要

This paper is based on maintenance management planning, organization and control aspects of automobile service sector in developing countries. The vehicle sale in developing countries is ever growing over the last decade. It leads to global warming and uneven fuel consumption, which puts pressure on the after sale services of vehicle. An automobile service sector is still untouched for computer aided maintenance management. After sale service of an automobile can be effectively managed by using CAVMM software. CAVMM comprises three-tier management information system in which server (first tier) act as brain by interacting with its executive bodies named ASC (second tier) to serve the customers (third tier). In this system, the main focus is maintenance cost which will be optimized by using a scientific approach for maintenance actions.