Impact of Preventive Maintenance on Productivity in a Textile Company: A Simulation Model in iThink

Globalization has increased the demand for products, generating high competitiveness and significant production demands. In production processes, machinery breakdowns can affect planning and increase production costs. One way to prevent these breakdowns is through a preventive maintenance program. However, implementing these strategies requires time and money. In this context, simulation has become an extremely useful tool for analyzing production systems. This paper presents some future scenarios when implementing a preventive maintenance plan in a textile company. Using the iThink simulation software, the studied process was modeled, which allowed the establishment of future scenarios to understand how maintenance activities increase or decrease the productivity of the process.