Desarrollo de un sistema de gestión de mantenimiento para la línea de procesamiento de quinua de la Empresa COPROBICH del cantón Colta

Abstract

The objective of this research work was to "Develop a maintenance management system for the quinoa processing line of the COPROBICH company in Colta canton", proposed as an opportunity for the company improvement. Maintenance policies were developed to improve technical aspects related to the knowledge and skills of the staff. Safety standards were implemented that must be met by all staff to have an extensive control. The maintenance process diagram was used to establish an orderly, structured, and synthesized set of activities to be carried out to comply with maintenance management. Through the information provided were planned the maintenance activities to be carried out by the company's internal maintenance staff and those that require outsourcing, which made it possible to establish the logistical requirements necessary to comply them. Thus, having a lower annual budget than previous years, which resulted in an estimated reduction in maintenance costs of 57% by 2021 and 71% by 2022; In addition, a maintenance manual was prepared for the machines, which contains a list of tasks and procedures on how to perform them, through single lessons and checklists, in which photographs were used to facilitate understanding of the activities execution scheduled in the chronogram. The indicators that were established in the computer tool Excel will allow greater control in decision making.