Indicators of the efficiency for using of road-building machines at various levels of management decisions

Abstract

Methods of technical and economic evaluation of road-construction machines are highly developed but their operation requires a wide list of initial data which is very difficult to obtain without monitoring systems. In modern conditions, economic factors determine the possibility of machines’ operation and the technical excellence of the machine is viewed by considering the cost of ownership and operation. This determines the relevance of the application of technical and economic assessments. In order to ensure the feasibility of applying of such technical and economic indicators towards the performance evaluation, they need to be adapted for use in monitoring systems. Modern monitoring systems allow you to monitor the technical and operational characteristics without a comparison with the indicators of the economic sphere. There is almost complete uncertainty in the methods of selection and evaluation of equipment that could be used in practice in modern conditions characterized by the presence in the market of equipment of the same purpose from different manufacturers. In such conditions, a system for collecting and processing the information with feedback would be convenient - a monitoring system for effectiveness evaluation. Feedback is necessary for creatingthe control actions in order to increase the efficiency or maintain it at satisfactory level - performance management. The development of methods of both technical and economic assessment which are suitable for using for road-construction machines and adapted for implementation in monitoring systems is a relevant topic of scientific research.