Abstract:
The implementation of World Class Maintenance, or WCM, and the standardization of its routines provide sustainability of the production process’ results, maximizing the availability of assets for operation and optimizing maintenance costs. Within this concept, this work, through a case study carried out in Ternium company located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, aims to present the structure carried out on the current maintenance strategy in the company to integrate it to the MCM concept and reach its first pillar, productivity. After the implementation of the methodology, there was a 25% reduction in unavailability and allowed the actions taken to be continuously revisited, generation a cycle of constant critical analyzes and increasingly fostering a cultura of innovation in the company