• JUMA AMOS MSENYA
• Dr. Karugaba. S. F. M., (Ph.D.)
• Prof. Christopher Mgonja

Maintenance has a profound impact on the efficiency and overall budget of facilities. Today various organizations are developing and using computer-controlled programmes geared towards facility maintenance and power management systems. However, despite the rapid expansion, the area of computer-controlled maintenance management has still not been sufficiently researched by maintenance and administration sections at Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) to determine the required features of Facilities Maintenance and Electrical Power Management System (FMEPMS). The aim of this research was to develop a maintenance management system for electrical distribution facilities to enhance laboratory availability performance. TBS has been chosen as a case study for this research because it is one of the biggest laboratory in the United Republic of Tanzania. The required features have been determined by examining the factors which affecting performance of the existing electrical distribution system and developing a maintenance management model for electrical distribution facilities. The methodology used to accomplish this study includes literature review, questionnaire, observation, survey, experiment, interview with experts, content analysis and statistical analysis using statistical tools of excel and SPSS as well as Power analyser and computer. The results of this study established the requirements for maintenance management system for electrical distribution facilities to enhance laboratory availability performance which can generally termed as operational and maintenance information. The operation information are historical data, system age, maintenance schedule and planning and frequently tripping and unstable power while the maintenance information are maintenance tools and spare parts. The regression model established maintenance information requirements which shown that the availability performance of laboratories has developed with 96.17% of variation of dependent variable. The model predicts that if TBS Management does not control the identified factors which affects availability performance will be affected more.The developed system software compose of features such as personnel management, store and tools management, generation of work orders and reports, reporting of faults and services record keeping. The effectiveness of the system has been evaluated by user after been implemented. Both developer and users were satisfied with the system software.

Maintenance , System , Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) , Electrical Power Management System , Tanzania, management

"DEVELOPMENT OF A MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES TO ENHANCE LABORATORY AVAILABILITY PERFORMANCE. A CASE STUDY OF TANZANIA BUREAU OF STANDARDS HEADQUARTERS – DAR ES SALAAM TANZANIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 10, page no.d87-d98, October-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2210323.pdf

"DEVELOPMENT OF A MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES TO ENHANCE LABORATORY AVAILABILITY PERFORMANCE. A CASE STUDY OF TANZANIA BUREAU OF STANDARDS HEADQUARTERS – DAR ES SALAAM TANZANIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 10, page no. ppd87-d98, October-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2210323.pdf