@article{Arenhart_Pizzolato_Mendes_Braghirolli_2020, title={CONTRIBUTION OF MAINTENANCE PLANS IN A UNIVERSITY LABORATORY}, volume={17}, url={https://bjopm.org.br/bjopm/article/view/873}, DOI={10.14488/BJOPM.2020.020}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Goal:</strong> implement maintenance plans based on RCM in a laboratory and identify difficulties in the preparation of a maintenance plan for measuring instruments of a calibration and testing laboratory.</p> <p><strong>Design / Methodology / Approach:</strong> Survey of the general maintenance scenario in PHEI laboratories, through individual interviews, and the implementation of maintenance plans elaborated from the implementation of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Adaptations of the maintenance activities carried out by the analyzed laboratory. A demonstration of the laboratory’s great adherence to the ANBT NBR ISO / IEC 17025 standard, besides the possibility of improving the quality of the service.</p> <p><strong>Limitations of the investigation: </strong>The limitations are tied to the literature found on the subject and the application of maintenance plans restricted to only one university laboratory.</p> <p><strong>Practical implications:</strong> Improve the literature on maintenance plans and facilitate the practical elaboration of these plans by laboratories.</p> <p><strong>Originality / Value:</strong> Practical application of the preparation of maintenance plans for measuring instruments, not found in the literature of the subject.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management}, author={Arenhart, Rodrigo Schons and Pizzolato, Morgana and Mendes, Angélica Alebrant and Braghirolli, Lynceo}, year={2020}, month={Jun.}, pages={1–16} }