Software package for equipment management learning

Among other subjects, equipment management is to be included within a degree in industrial engineering. In particular, industrial engineering practitioners usually have to deal to some extent with decisions related to maintenance and renewal policies: how to devise, select and assess them. For this particular purpose, some mathematical models had been previously developed. A software package has been designed to facilitate the teaching and learning of both the mathematical models and the subjects themselves (evaluation and selection of maintenance and renewal policies). This paper describes the main features of this package. It also examines the major advantages derived from its use both in explanations in class and during the students´ homework time by their own. Different experiences carried on with the package are presented in the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.