USING AHP TO IMPROVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES IN TPM ON INDUSTRIAL AND PORT COMPLEX

Abstract

This paper aimed to develop a model to rank the critical factors for the improvement of the production process from the point of view of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in six companies located in the Suape Industrial Complex region. The work was classified as applied research, qualitative and quantitative, exploratory and descriptive, and study of case. The proposed model developed used the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method using six criteria: Equipment Breakdown, Long Setup, Small Stops, Reduction in Speed, Defective Production, Start-up. The results showed that all the six criteria were considered as critical increment factors for improvement from the TPM and the decision-maker, and the factors that contributed the most were long setup and breakdown of equipment with almost 50%. The study's contribution is developing a model that allows the possibility of a classificatory grouping of critical factors to increase improvement, from the point of view of the TPM and the decision-maker.