A manutenção como ferramenta de gestão no setor industrial / Alexandre Fernandes Garcês Santos

Abstract

Maintenance is a set of techniques and actions that seek to keep the equipment in ideal working condition. This work aims to present concepts, characteristics and advantages of Maintenance, to show that it, when properly applied, brings great benefits to the management of the industrial environment, both in terms of productivity and in terms of the competitiveness of industrial sectors. Through bibliographical and exploratory research, expose the main approaches and different methodologies of maintenance management, which corroborate with the identification of models that increase the productivity of the industrial sector, in addition to showing that the benefits of maintenance plans work as a competitive differential and as a strategy for management for any company. It was possible to verify that the good choice of a maintenance method will guarantee productivity and, therefore, the competitive advantage of companies, always bearing in mind the objectives of cost optimization, efficiency and availability of equipment. Thus, the objectives of this research were achieved and, although there is no single correct and ideal strand or method for the strategic management of the maintenance sector, there are several practices, concepts and techniques that, if applied consistently, can guarantee positive results for companies