A gestão da manutenção associada ao método seis sigma como estratégia para a melhoria do processo produtivo

Abstract

In the current context of industrial processes with the need to seek better results, companies have realized that maintenance has occupied a strategic position to achieve organizational objectives from the reduction of operating costs, given that there is no way to simply pass the price on to the consumer. Within this new vision of maintenance as a strategic differential of industrial management, the use of tools commonly used in production is associated with maintenance with the aim of bringing satisfactory results to companies. So, this article analyzes the use of the Six Sigma tool associated with maintenance in the search for innovations in the production line in order to obtain competitive differential. The article shows the historical context of the Six tool Sigma, the characteristics of this tool as well as the case study with using the Six Sigma tool. It is hoped that the study will show the contribution of maintenance to leverage the production process and reaffirm the its strategic function for the operational success of organizations.