Maintenance Reporting System for Meteorological Equipment

This paper describes a maintenance reporting system in use in the Weather Bureau. The factors that must be determined for a successful reporting system are to establish goals, to be able to measure performance against goals, and to provide data for improving operating procedures. Examples of the use of the reporting system data to assist in optimizing the maintenance program are given, including the design of next generation hardware. The reporting forms used in the system and their functions are discussed. The described reporting system has successfully integrated equipment failure reporting and reports concerning the distribution of electronics technician time. Of specific importance is the use of time-shared computers to extract information at all levels of the organization and the low overall cost of the reporting system.