Structural Advantage in Large Model Intelligent Transportation Operation and Maintenance： A Case Study of PCI Tech

LIU Jia; LUO Ting-yu; WANG Yue-miao

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Journal of Beijing Jiaotong University（Social Sciences Edition） ›› 2025, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (3) : 54-65.

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Structural Advantage in Large Model Intelligent Transportation Operation and Maintenance： A Case Study of PCI Tech

LIU Jia¹, LUO Ting-yu², WANG Yue-miao¹

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With ultra-large-scale urban rail transit systems facing complex multi-objective conflicts and extreme operational and maintenance pressure， traditional operation and maintenance models can hardly meet the demand for collaborative optimization of safety， efficiency， and cost. Based on the case study of intelligent urban metro operation and maintenance by PCI Tech， this paper analyzes and elaborates on the theory of structural advantages in enterprises’ digital transformation， explores the formation mechanism of enterprises’ structural advantages driven by large models， and proposes a new paradigm of structural advantages adapted to extremely complex operation and maintenance scenarios. The study finds that large-model technology， by reconstructing enterprises’ internal resources， capabilities， and organizational structures， has become a key source of their core competitiveness. The structural changes in these three aspects are mutually embedded and dynamically coupled： the integration of data and knowledge resources lays the foundation for capability reshaping； capability reshaping drives the evolution of organizational structures toward agility and collaboration； and organizational evolution， in turn， creates institutional guarantees for the enhancement of resources and capabilities. The synergy among these dimensions enables a leap from human-dominated to AI-augmented operational modes， thus solving the operation and maintenance management challenge of “the larger the scale， the lower the efficiency.” Therefore， management should build a new type of operation and maintenance team with composite skills and problem-solving abilities that focus on developing system synergy capabilities， and establish a new structural advantage characterized by “data-driven， algorithm-coordinated， and knowledge-evolving.”

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large model / intelligent transportation operation and maintenance / digital transformation / structural advantage / case

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LIU Jia, LUO Ting-yu, WANG Yue-miao. Structural Advantage in Large Model Intelligent Transportation Operation and Maintenance： A Case Study of PCI Tech[J]. Journal of Beijing Jiaotong University（Social Sciences Edition）. 2025, 24(3): 54-65

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