In this paper we introduce ODASE (Ontology Driven Architecture for Software Engineering). We present how we used ODASE to build a 250 person month e-insurance project for a multi-national insurance firm, where only 35% of the requirements were known at kickoff. We required one third of the time of the next closest quote for the project, and a similar project built classically at another insuran...

Dana M. Johnson Roger M. Kieckhafer Amlan Mukherjee Leonard J. Bohmann Chunxiao Chigan Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI 49931 School of Business and Economics, [email protected], 906-487-2803; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, [email protected], 906-487-2866; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, [email protected], 906-487-1952; College o...

Preventive maintenance is a broad term that encompasses a set of activities aimed at improving the overall reliability and availability of a system. Designers of the preventive maintenance schedules attempt to minimize the overall cost of system operation. There is no substitute for perfection in maintenance to ensure zero breakdowns in machine; therefore it is necessary to get a machinery brea...

Efficient and on-time maintenance plays a crucial role in reducing cost and increasing the market share of an industrial unit. Preventive maintenance is a broad term that encompasses a set of activities aimed at improving the overall reliability and availability of a system before machinery breakdown. The previous studies have addressed the scheduling of preventive maintenance. These studies ha...

Independent research into safety management features that distinguish between lower insurance claimers and higher insurance claimers identified 14 characteristics that show clear evidence of efficacy in safety management in trucking operations. Findings of this research were compared against risk management factors included in the risk assessment process adopted by a major truck insurer. When t...