چكيده لاتين :
This article is summary of my MSC final dissertation which describes the opportunities andchallenges related to implementing IT in maintenance management of petrochemical plants. Itinvestigates a CMMS project implementation process as a case study in Tabriz PetrochemicalCompany (TPC) and concludes practical recommendations to successful CMMS implementation. The research method that was used in this case study is mostly a qualitative method. Data collection
methods which will be used in this case study include• distribute questionnaire and interview with involved people i.e. maintenance and IT personnel• observations by following some of maintenance personnel while they were performing their
daily work• document review i.e. related data available in the case company maintenance department and
CMMS project were collected and used in understanding the current situation of themaintenance system and implementing CMMS project• Literature studies, scientific articles which these data will be used for the theoretical chapters
and qualitative data collected will be used for the empirical and analysisThe major conclusions are 1) implementing IT in maintenance increase maintenance staff productivity equipments reliability, improve quality of products, and integrating of maintenance management system to other systems. Establishing an effective maintenance management will contribute to
guarantee plant agreed production capacity, product quality, and reduction production costs and therefore increase company competitive advantage in the world markets. 2) The most importantchallenges to successful implementation of IT projects are changing plant working culture, selectingsuitable system, developing equipments database, and integrating maintenance with other systems. 3) CMMS needs to integrate with other systems in order to exchange data. It is required that beforeimplementing CMMS this condition to be provided. Establishing an ERP system for whole companycan be the best solution. This eliminates variety of installed IT systems i.e. insular approach. 4) Astrong project management is needed with full authority to complete project on time. The projectshould be introduced well to all company in order to get their support. A series of efforts should beimplemented in order to change traditional maintenance culture, e.g. distributing papers, booklets or
participating in seminars or training classes.
