PN has a huge number and variety of fixed assets across the country, ranging in age, condition and complexity, for which Lycopodium has begun development of a real-time Asset Management Dashboard. Lycopodium is conducting a detailed review of all PN rail infrastructure assets to form a comprehensive database of these assets, whilst concurrently developing a Geographic Information System (GIS) to allow visualisation of the assets and real-time asset management.
Aimed at improving the safety and accuracy of the rail infrastructure operations across the PN network, PN has chosen 11 different packages of works that Lycopodium is undertaking. This process will address improvements to PN’s standards, the visibility of network assets, planning and availability, all of which will contribute to delivering the goals of increased efficiency, cost savings, and ultimately safety.
The digital dashboard shows live yard diagrams identifying all PN assets, upcoming works and valid defects, accessible for use by all staff – from yard operators and inspectors, through to planners and project managers. This dashboard will be visible in depots and allow future planning such as booking lines out for maintenance, visualising where inspections are taking place and communicating to relevant yard operators to ensure they are aware of planned and current works and interfaces. This will improve workflow efficiencies, ensure availability of assets for inspections and improve yard safety.
Currently under development is a draft dashboard specifically for tracking defects on the PN network. Developed by Lycopodium, the dashboard utilises GIS mapping and identifies all current defects, valid and verified complete against each mapped asset. The ability to select specific states, sites, business units, assets and defect priorities allows PN to visualise where its priority areas lie in relation to planning and programming of maintenance works.
