Diseño de un plan de mantenimiento preventivo para la empresa de servicio de transporte TRANSCOIV de la ciudad de Quito a fin de minimizar el tiempo de inactividad en las operaciones de su flota de vehículos

Abstract

The main objective of the research project is the implementation of a preventive maintenance plan for the fleet of vehicles of the company TRANSCOIV, for the achievement of the work was conducted a comprehensive analysis of the current situation of the company including the fleet of vehicles, brands, routes, failures, for this information collection techniques such as surveys, interview and observation were applied. Preventive maintenance is a function of vital importance for the proper functioning of a company, whether public or private, on several occasions maintenance is not taken as an action of vital importance, and several times it is performed as a meaningless routine, the perception is that maintenance does not add value to a product, but this idea leads managers to conclude that maintenance is the least expensive. In the development of the project, various strategies and tools were used to ensure an efficient maintenance plan, with the objective of maximizing results, the preventive maintenance plan was focused on those vehicles that presented the highest number of failures in the vehicle systems, giving them a special priority due to the importance for both the company and its operator. The proposed preventive maintenance is composed of activities designed under the elaboration of maintenance record formats, technical evaluation and a failure report, which will allow to follow up and carry out maintenance tasks. This document is focused on the implementation of a preventive maintenance plan that will help reduce downtime and increase productivity within the company. To this end, action plans were designed to help the company minimize failures, depreciation rates and downtime of its fleet of vehicles. The central idea with the achievement of the project was to improve the correct operation of the company's vehicle fleet in order to reduce through a preventive study the loss of vehicle operation time, high maintenance costs and avoid unplanned failures.