Lean Philosophy and Management Assets applied to Industrial Valve Production Company

Actually, due to more competitive business world, the maintenance activities and their management are extremely important for the good performance in the industrial companies. through analysis of the existent practices and procedures was performed in the company in relation to the overall management and maintenance activities. Due to the use of Ipinza method, it was possible to identify which equipment needed to implement certain preventive maintenance routines, and for those, maintenance plans were developed. A number of issues as well as improvement points were identified. The establishment of foundations to implement the Lean’s methodology 5S technique as well as to manage the company’s assets. Following the implementation of the proposed improvements, it is expected more efficiency and a greater performance of the maintenance services in addition of significant improvements in decision execution discipline as well as employees’ motivation.