Research Unit Production & Maintenance Management

The Research Unit of Production and Maintenance Management (PIM), chaired by Univ.-Prof.Dr.-Ing.habil Fazel Ansari, is part of the Institute of Management Science (IMW) at Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of TU Wien. The PIM is aimed at conducting basic and applied-oriented research towards crossing the gap between basic scientific findings and their practical application in predictive and prescriptive maintenance of production systems and in a wider scope health management of physical assets. The ultimate goal is to promote industrial performance by focusing on maintenance related KPIs. The research team comprising of senior and junior researchers strives to produce tailor-made innovative solutions that are delivered in close cooperation with industry partners (e.g. from automotive industry, machinery and plant engineering as well as electrical and electronics industry) and research institutions in Austria and across Europe. The research team of PIM approaches maintenance not only from management but also from industrial data science perspectives, and utilizes methods of AI, semantic technology, big data analytics and ML to efficiently discover knowledge from heterogeneous data structures and provide informed decision alternatives timely and effectively. This future-oriented knowledge-based maintenance approach results in increasing availability of machineries, reducing maintenance costs, optimizing maintenance (business) processes and assisting maintenance practitioners.