ABSTRACT
The introduction of highly reliable sensors and remote condition monitoring equipment will change the form and functionality of manufacturing, maintenance and engineering systems within many infrastructure sectors. Process, transport and infrastructure companies are increasingly looking to share the knowledge and information collected and collated in various sectors of the industry to develop optimal practices. These ‘knowledge sharing’centres, although feasible from technical point of view, they will present many new (and some old) human factors challenges that can define its success or failure.
