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    • Optimización y Logística de Materiales en la Compañía ABC 

      Morales Rivera, Arturo J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)
      A través de este proyecto de diseño se recreará la organización del aluminio de la compañía ABC; con el propósito de optimizar la mano de obra, controlar el inventario con la finalidad de optimizar los procesos, ...

    • Optimización y Logística de Materiales en la Compañía ABC 

      Morales Rivera, Arturo J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      A través de este proyecto de diseño se recreará la organización del aluminio de la compañía ABC; con el propósito de optimizar la mano de obra, controlar el inventario con la finalidad de optimizar los procesos, organizar ...

    • Optimizar el Proceso de Recolección de Llantas Usadas en P.R. 

      González Aviles, Héctor R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      La generación de 4.7 millones de neumáticos usados al año afectaron la Isla de Puerto Rico. La regulación de manejo de llantas fue el punto de partida en el análisis. Como se manejaron las importaciones de neumáticos y ...

    • Optimization and Automation of Visual Inspection of an Injection Molded Part in Jabil Healthcare 

      Collazo Acevedo, Glorimaris (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)
      In Jabil Healthcare an injection molded part requires a 100% inspection at 10X of magnification to comply with the visual criteria of no embedded particles and contamination. Jabil’s current process uses two operators to ...

    • Optimization Design in the Production and Delivery Process of a Food Truck 

      Morfi Pagán, Alberto (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)
      This abstract provides an overview of the optimization design strategies that can improve the production and delivery process of a food truck utilizing Lean Manufacturing and DMAIC methodology. A standardized menu, quality ...

    • Optimization in the Account Registration Process in Automated Equipment 

      Amador Cordero, Luis R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      Over the years technology has increased in the manufacturing areas. Companies have moved to obtain automated equipment for the manufacture of their products. In the pharmaceutical industry, this equipment has been implemented ...

    • Optimization of a Packaging Work Cell in a Medical Devices’ Manufacturing Plant 

      Tavarez, Cesar B. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      This project was focused in the optimization of a packaging process within a medical device industry. The purpose was to improve secondary packaging process case packing, from a totally manual process to a fully automated. ...

    • Optimization of a Pharmaceutical Filling Process to Comply with Federal Regulations and Minimize Process Variability 

      Valles Afanador, Pedro A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      This article analyzes the scientific methodology that was followed to solve a problem that arose in a pharmaceutical installation after a federal regulatory inspection. The route for a robust solution was framed by a ...

    • Optimization of a SAE Aero Design Aircraft 

      Méndez Cuevas, Enrique G. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR) has participated in SAE Aero Design for the previous years. SAE Aero Design is an international competition in which an airplane is designed by the students into one academic ...

    • Optimization of a SAE aero design aircraft 

      Méndez Cuevas, Enrique G. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR) has participated in SAE Aero Design for the previous years. SAE Aero Design is an international competition in which an airplane is designed by the students into one ...

    • Optimization of a SDOF Cantilever Beam Piezoelectric Energy Harvester with a Lump Mass at the End Tip 

      Vega Torres, Juan (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)
      With the development of low power electronics and energy harvesting technology, selfpowered systems have become a research hotspot over the last decade. The main advantage of selfpowered systems is that they require ...

    • Optimization of Backorders Processing using Lean Principal 

      Gerena Fonseca, Camille M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      In this article we discuss the optimizations made in the area of drugs controlled specifically in the narcotics vault, in a distribution center. The distribution center dispatches narcotic pharmaceutical products for ...

    • Optimization of Bioburden Samples Processing in the Microbiology Laboratory Using Six Sigma 

      Rosa Matos, Raquel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)
      This article presents the use of the Lean Six Sigma tool to identify factors affecting the processing of samples that require Bioburden testing in the Microbiology Laboratory. The objective of this article was to implement ...

    • Optimization of Chemical Manufacturing Process Area 

      De Jesús Tavárez, Milton Javier (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      “Industry X” does not have a detailed and effective plan for chemical weighing process which considers optimal number of operators and shifts necessary to accomplish the desired production. The products process flow ...

    • Optimization of Current Anodizing Line in Small Contract Manufacturing Company 

      González, Gabriel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)
      Titanium Color Anodizing is a process that consists in creating an oxide layer in the titanium surface to change the color of titanium components. As a highly used process in the medical implant industry, a small contract ...

    • Optimization of Drawing Redaction Tasks 

      Rosado Gracia, Edwin (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)
      New services always provide new revenues for a company, but more often than not, these services need to be optimized. Utilizing tools from the Lean Manufacturing toolbox, like Lean Inventory and First-In First-Out queue ...

    • Optimization of Filters Changes in Dust Collector CPO-1005 for Coating Machine Number 1 

      Rivera, Evaristo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      The pharmaceutical industry has dust collectors to remove particulate generated by the coating machines.Actually a pharmaceutical presents a problem in one of the Accela-Cotamachines because ...

    • Optimization of Manufacturing Space and Lead Time for a Medical Devise Process Line 

      García Rivera, Carmen M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      Product Availability and inventory management are key metrics for every company in order to meet customer satisfaction and cost reduction. For this company this are two important metric in addition to space utilization, ...

    • Optimization of On-Line Automated Dissolution System for Solid Dose Control Release Tablets 

      Marrero Teruel, Cruz M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2009)
      Abstract ⎯ An optimization of an automated dissolution system for control release tablets has been accomplished by the implementation of several variables using Six Sigma tools. Variables under evaluation includes: filter ...

    • Optimization of pharmaceutical product production lots at granulation manufacturing stage 

      Marrero Vázquez, Michelle (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      The customer of ABD Company wants the CY product to meet 7% 40 mesh requirement in 80% of the lots requested. The company has two granulators that are used for the manufacturing of the product but one of them typically ...