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Developing a framework for the modernisation of passenger railway maintenance depots in developing countries
Thesis (MEng) -- Stellenbosch University, 2022
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/125965 Developing a framework for the modernisation of passenger railway maintenance depots in developing countries Masikati, Adquate Lonely Jooste, Wyhan Fourie, Neels Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Industrial Engineering. Railroad stations -- Maintenance and repair Railroads -- Technological innovations Railroad terminals -- Design and construction UCTD Thesis (MEng) -- Stellenbosch University, 2022 ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Railway maintenance depots in developing countries are characterised by old infrastructure, dilapidated machinery and equipment, and a mixture of incompatible systems and supportability issues. There is a need to modernise these passenger railway maintenance depots taking advantage of technological advancements to support the new rolling stock fleet and realise efficiency gains. The modernisation of passenger railway maintenance depots is achieved through several objectives to achieve sustainability for rolling stock maintenance operations in depots. The challenge faced by railway organisations is how to implement a disruptive technological transition to technologically transform their passenger railway maintenance depots. Railway maintenance depots are a multi-disciplinary environment. This research investigates migration strategies and their implementation and the integration of systems to achieve the required level of operational efficiency. To help organisations facilitate the transformation, a multi-disciplinary project management framework was developed. The framework guides the organisation through phases and process steps in the process of depots transformation. For the modernisation project to be a success at the technical level, the depots must be viewed as large technical systems with many interacting subsystems for goal realisation. This research study employed a qualitative research design and was split into two phases, the contextualising phase and the framework development phase. The contextualisation phase distilled aspects relevant to the modernisation of passenger railway maintenance depots from literature and input from interviews with industry practitioners. The second phase concerned the development of the framework. Major findings from case studies show that for modernisation to benefit the organisation, the project must align technologies of railway maintenance depots with the technology of new rolling stock fleet for which the depots are modernised. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify modernisation themes from literature. Face validation of the framework was conducted with railway practitioners to affirm its completeness, credibility and usefulness in the modernisation of passenger railway maintenance depots in developing countries. Using the described research methodology, the Multi-disciplinary Project Management Framework (MPMF) was developed. Before the MPMF framework was done, a transitional mapping framework was developed that aligned the project objectives with the outputs and gave a holistic overview of the project environment. The MPMF framework has four overlapping phases, namely; the project ideation and definition phase, project organising and preparing phase, project execution phase and the closing phase to realise the project objectives. With the developed MPMF framework, the modernisation process becomes integrated and facilitate independence of project teams in a closely coordinated framework, the delivery performance is improved and Lean methodologies are easily implemented. This study contributes to the limited literature on the modernisation of passenger railway maintenance depots in developing countries. Moreover, the most important contribution is the modernisation framework to guide the disruptive technological transition from old-dilapidated railway maintenance depots to the desired state. To conclude the thesis, a summary of research, achieved objectives, research contributions, identified research limitations and recommendations for future studies were transcribed. The overall perception is that the MPMF framework has great potential for use in modernisation projects of passenger railway maintenance depots. AFRIKAANS OPSOMMING: Spoorwegdepots in ontwikkelende lande word gekenmerk deur ou infrastruktuur, vervalle masjinerie en toerusting, en 'n mengsel van onversoenbare stelsels en probleme met ondersteuning. Daar is 'n behoefte om hierdie passasierspoorwegdepots te moderniseer deur gebruik te maak van tegnologiese vooruitgang om die nuwe vloot van rollende materiaal te ondersteun en om doeltreffendheid te behaal. Die modernisering van passasierspoorwegdepots word bereik deur 'n aantal doelwitte om volhoubaarheid te verkry vir die instandhouding van rollende materiaal in depots. Die uitdaging wat spoorwegorganisasies in die gesig staar, is hoe om 'n ontwrigtende tegnologiese oorgang te implementeer om hul passasierspoorwegdepots tegnologies te verander. Spoorwegdepots is 'n multi-dissiplinêre omgewing. Hierdie navorsing ondersoek migrasiestrategieë en die implementering daarvan en die integrasie van stelsels om die vereiste vlak van operasionele doeltreffendheid te bereik. Om organisasies te help om die transformasie te vergemaklik, is 'n multi dissiplinêre raamwerk vir projekbestuur ontwikkel. Die raamwerk lei die organisasie deur fases en verwerk stappe in die proses van transformasie van depots. Om die moderniseringsprojek op tegniese vlak 'n sukses te maak, moet die depots as groot tegniese stelsels met baie interaksionele subsisteme vir doelwitbereiking beskou word. Hierdie navorsingstudie is gebaseer op 'n kwalitatiewe navorsingsontwerp en is verdeel in twee fases, die konteksualiseringsfase en die raamwerkontwikkelingsfase. Die konteksualiseringsfase distilleer aspekte wat relevant is vir die modernisering van passasierspoordepots uit literatuur en insette uit onderhoude met vakdeskundiges. Die tweede fase het betrekking op die ontwikkeling van die raamwerk. Belangrike bevindings uit gevallestudies toon dat die projektegnologieë van spoorwegdepots moet aanpas om voordeel te trek uit die modernisering van die organisasie, met die tegnologie van die nuwe vloot van nuwe rollermateriaal waarvoor die depots gemoderniseer word. 'n Sistematiese literatuuroorsig is uitgevoer om moderniseringstemas uit literatuur te identifiseer. Gesigvalidering van die raamwerk is met spoorwegpraktisyns uitgevoer om die volledigheid, geloofwaardigheid en bruikbaarheid daarvan vir die modernisering van passasierspoordepots in ontwikkelende lande te bevestig. Met behulp van die navorsingsmetodologie wat voorheen beskryf is, is die multi-dissiplinêre raamwerk vir projekbestuur (MPMF) ontwikkel. Voordat die MPMF-raamwerk ontwikkel is, is 'n oorgangsraamwerk ontwikkel wat die projekdoelwitte belyn met die uitsette en 'n holistiese oorsig van die projekomgewing gee. Die MPMF-raamwerk het vier oorvleuelende fases, naamlik; die projek idee en definisie fase, projek organisering en voorbereidingsfase, projek uitvoeringsfase en die of afsluitingsfase om die projek doelwitte te verwesenlik. Met die ontwikkelde MPMF-raamwerk word die moderniseringsproses geïntegreer en word die onafhanklikheid van projekspanne in 'n nou gekoördineerde raamwerk vergemaklik. Die leweringsprestasie word verbeter en die Lean metodologieë maklik geïmplementeer. Hierdie studie dra by tot die beperkte literatuur oor die modernisering van passasierspoordepots in ontwikkelende lande. Die belangrikste bydrae is ook die moderniseringsraamwerk om die ontwrigtende tegnologiese oorgang van ou vervalle spoorwegdepots na die gewenste toestand te lei. Ter afsluiting van die tesis is 'n opsomming van navorsing, bereikte doelwitte, navorsingsbydraes, geïdentifiseerde navorsingsbeperking en aanbevelings vir toekomstige studies gedokumenteer. Die algemene terugvoer is dat die MPMF-raamwerk potensiaal vir gebruik in moderniseringsprojekte van passasierspoordepots het. Masters 2022-11-10T11:01:07Z 2023-01-16T12:43:22Z 2022-11-10T11:01:07Z 2023-01-16T12:43:22Z 2022-11 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125965 en_ZA Stellenbosch University xx, 174 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Railroad stations -- Maintenance and repair Railroads -- Technological innovations Railroad terminals -- Design and construction UCTD Masikati, Adquate Lonely Developing a framework for the modernisation of passenger railway maintenance depots in developing countries |
| title | Developing a framework for the modernisation of passenger railway maintenance depots in developing countries |
| title_full | Developing a framework for the modernisation of passenger railway maintenance depots in developing countries |
| title_fullStr | Developing a framework for the modernisation of passenger railway maintenance depots in developing countries |
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| title_short | Developing a framework for the modernisation of passenger railway maintenance depots in developing countries |
| title_sort | developing a framework for the modernisation of passenger railway maintenance depots in developing countries |
| topic | Railroad stations -- Maintenance and repair Railroads -- Technological innovations Railroad terminals -- Design and construction UCTD |
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