Audit Model for the Management of Physical Assets Maintenance. Case Study: Mechanical Laboratories at Ecuadorian University

The development and execution of an ideal and feasible model to evaluate the maintenance management of physical assets has become a topic of great importance for the achievement of the proposed objectives. An audit allows to identify those weak points that affect the performance of the organization, in order to know the degree of maturity of the maintenance processes and take corrective actions based on opportunities for improvement. In this context, the purpose of this document is to provide an audit model flexible to the realities of each company that requires quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the current state of maintenance management. Within the model, the Network Analytical Process (ANP) was applied, to quantitatively weigh the audit criteria, and thus better understand the complex relationships that exist between each of them, in order for the decision maker to identify those areas or processes where greater control is necessary and focus efforts on processes where important gaps in maintenance management have been detected. For the validation of the audit model, it was applied in the laboratories of a university in Ecuador.