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The purpose of this book is to propose the construction of a tool to help obtain a diagnosis of the current situation of maintenance activities and results. The elucidation of the sector’s weaknesses and strengths facilitates improvement actions to achieve world-class maintenance. These actions can be either the implementation of new techniques or the improvement of techniques already practiced in the plant. As a result, it is possible to reduce losses due to production downtime and maximize the industry’s availability, reliability and productivity, ensuring greater safety and profit for the company.