Implementação de controle PCM: um estudo de caso em uma indústria de embalagens metálicas

Abstract

In an increasingly competitive environment, industries have been focusing on strategic production issues, including the maintenance sector. This area is responsible for ensuring that equipment and facilities are available whenever production requires them. In this context, this paper aims to present a proposal for a maintenance planning and control program, as well as its implementation in a medium-sized metalworking industry in the metropolitan region of Recife, Pernambuco. The need for restructuring the maintenance sector arose due to the challenges faced by the company, such as high failure rates and low availability of critical equipment, caused by the frequent corrective interventions, which have negatively impacted the organization's competitiveness. After an initial diagnosis of the current process, the aim is to reduce the number of failures that result in unplanned downtime and their consequent losses for the organization, which currently operates with a predominantly corrective focus. By implementing maintenance software, the goal is to structure, at least initially, a Maintenance Planning and Control (MPC) department that will be responsible for optimizing the process of managing maintenance demands in a way that is more aligned with the company's reality. The stages of implementing this methodology and the results achieved with its application were described. Finally, it is expected that this implementation will reduce machine downtime due to maintenance.