Digital Maintenance Logistics

Survey to determine the status quo of German agricultural businesses

Iris Hausladen ORCID Icon, Andreas Matthes ORCID Icon, Philipp Sylla ORCID Icon
JournalIndustry 4.0 Science
Issue Volume 40, Edition 3, Pages 47-53
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Abstract

Nowadays, maintenance logistics is considered an integral part of sustainable maintenance management and is now conducted with IT support in many of the fields where it is applied. It can therefore be seen as one of many examples of digitalization in the working world. Both the selected maintenance strategy, the implementation of which is more or less linked to the use of intelligent technologies, and the current level of IT integration are emblematic of the degree of digitalization in this context. In the agricultural sector, the type of maintenance objects in question plays an important role in the use of digital technologies. This article is dedicated to investigating the status quo of digital maintenance logistics in German agricultural businesses at the interface of ICT, technology and business.

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According to the DIN standard 31051, maintenance comprises the “combination of all technical and administrative measures as well as management measures during the life cycle of an object that serve to maintain or restore its functional condition so that it can fulfill the required function” (English translation) [1]. Additionally, inspection, service, repair and improvement can be defined as core maintenance activities. All maintenance tasks are also integrated into maintenance management [2] and are procedurally linked via maintenance logistics in a target-oriented manner, which includes “… the management of information and material flows as well as human resource …

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