A maintenance information system for rural municipalities

Maintenance management is an orderly and systematic approach to planning, organizing, monitoring and evaluating maintenance activities and their costs. The decaying conditions of rural roads are often attributed to the absence of a formal maintenance system and lack of resources. However, rural municipalities are constantly looking for ways to reduce cost and increase productivity in maintaining their infrastructure. In this paper, a rural maintenance information system will be presented. The proposed system was developed to facilitate the maintenance process for rural road public works using modern database management systems.