A Proposal for the Support of Demand Required from Production Through the Alignment of Production Planning and Control Strategies and Maintenance Planning and Control: An Analytical Approach

Abstract

Operation and maintenance are important administrative and operational functions of the production, as they can guarantee the required demand. Together, they have the responsibilities of doing right (quality advantage), fast (speed advantage), timely (reliability advantage), quick setup (flexibility advantage) and affordability. In addition, they are close to several important activities such as: safety, environment, productivity, marketing, quality, reliability and accounting systems. With this new vision, changes and opportunities are being presented to these sectors of operation and maintenance. In the new paradigm, the maintenance and operation teams are motivated to strategically guarantee the full operation of the production system and not only to preserve the equipment. And, thus, to develop an efficient strategy, providing the sustainability and the increase of the assets of the company, reaching the goals of the planning and control of the production established by the company. The main objective of this work is to analyze a proposal to meet the required production demand through the alignment of production control planning strategies and maintenance planning and control. The analysis of the research points to some significant contributions, for example, to the areas of strategy and logistics of organizations that work mainly in environments with a high level of competitiveness. Through a case study, the analysis pointed to the positive impact of alignment on parameters such as: sustainability of the competitive strategy, productivity, costs, reliability and availability of physical assets, and flexibilization of the productive organizational system.