Flowchart Identification in the Case of Maintenance Process Management

Abstract

The implementation of an integrated management system in industrial companies involves the identification of the processes needed and associated performance indicators. The complete and correct definition of performance indicators plays an important role in both process performance monitoring and impact of the process on the company results identifying. Considering the maintenance of the machine-tools as one of the main support processes for manufacturing, it is important to analyze, identify and solve the maintenance problems as fast as possible. The definition and implementation of maintenance programs, which request some resources is needed to prevent the machine-tools downtime. Taking into consideration the importance of machine-tools availability, it is necessary to define and validate a method for data collecting and analyzing the machine-tools’ performance in terms of available time usage. In the present paper, a case study is conducted using a database including data collected from industrial environment, in the case of the manufacturing process of bearing components. An integrative method for the identification, control and optimization of the total defect time was defined and validated with the main purpose of identifying the flowchart for collecting, analyzing, and database updating.