• Analysis and Optimization of Employee Parking for Company XYZ 

      Portell Castro, Lisa N. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      Company XYZ has the need to reduce costs and improve personnel safety. Current parking accommodations are costly and unsecure. To resolve this issues three possible solutions were analyzed: parking re-distribution, ...
    • Improving Medical Devices Manufacturing – From the Push system to the Pull system 

      Hernández, Ian (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      A manufacturing subassembly line at medical devices company currently supplies two sites with manufacturing lines. The subassembly line has high inventory levels which reduce cash flows for potential investments. The high ...
    • Renewable Energy in Historic Buildings; The Capitol of Puerto Rico and its Annexes 

      Martínez, Alex E. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      The Puerto Rico State Capitol Superintendence (CS) is aligned with the new energy management challenges that the world is facing in order to reduce the energy consumption and CO2 emissions levels. A payback period ...
    • Diseño de un modelo de emisiones en tiempo real de proceso de una planta de Biotecnología 

      Castillo Cruz, Simón E. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      El escenario de emisiones de una planta de biotecnología desarrollado durante su diseño varía significativamente de su operación normal. Por lo regular, y para disminuir cualquier posibilidad de incumplimiento legal, se ...
    • Sistema Integrado de Permiso: Una Nueva Solución para los Ingenieros 

      Quintero Fors, Patricia (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      La compañía X propuso la ejecución de una primera fase de Definición de la Visión de la Arquitectura Técnica y Funcional de las aplicaciones del Sistema Integrado de Permisos (SIP) implementando en todo momento la ...
    • Plan para reducir errores de estimados en la factura de la AEE 

      Pacheco Velázquez, José L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      En este proyecto se desarrolla un plan estratégico priorizado, para reducir las ineficiencias en los procesos administrativos, tales como la medición y facturación. El sistema de lectura de los contadores de la Autoridad ...
    • Power Plant environmental cleaning schedule optimization 

      Ramos Vega, Luis D. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Since switching to natural gas as their primary fuel, the boilers at a power plant of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority are kept cleaner and with minimum environmental pollution. According to a consent decreed with ...
    • Phosphate Waste Reduction Initiative 

      Rivera, Edgardo L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Budget Waste Expense increased by more than 20% due to incremental phosphate waste (PHOW) during new product lot campaign at Amgen Manufacturing Limited. This constant PHOW increase was pointing toward a possible root cause ...
    • Improvement of Operational Controls to Prevent Avoidable Legal Compliance Situations which could Adversely Impact Company Performance 

      Suarez, Omar (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Ineffective organizational controls could result in a variety of unexpected consequences for an organization as they could contribute to unclear direction and insufficient control mechanisms. The efforts of this project ...
    • Oportunidades de Crecimiento Laboral en el Sector Público 

      Pérez Pichardo, Jimmy (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      El proyecto Oportunidades de Crecimiento Laboral en el Sector Público nace de la propia experiencia del autor que se enfrenta desde sus inicios en la Administración de Vivienda Pública, una agencia del Estado Libre ...
    • Insulin Cartridge Alternate Source Initiative 

      Pringle, Milton J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      This paper addresses a supply chain problem related to a molded component that is externally manufactured in a company in Singapore. It details the current situation, reason for undertaking the project and its goals and ...
    • Positive impacts of having good maintenance management in the manufacturing industry 

      Cancel Cruz, Ramón (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Many companies especially family-owned businesses do not offer the proper maintenance for their machinery. Such sloppiness in any company is responsible for more expenditure on operations as well as a decrease in production ...
    • Capability Development Enhancement to Sustain Business Needs 

      Henríquez, Camille M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Organizational capability is one of the most important qualities for a company to succeed. In order for a company to have a good organizational capability, their employees need to be capable of completing their jobs on ...
    • Research of Anterior Cervical System using different materials 

      Lugo Vélez, Isabel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      With the continuous worldwide demand for anterior cervical systems, Medtronic Spinal Division decided to makes changes in the manufacturing process in order to meet this demand. The company decided to introduce some new ...
    • 5S Method Implementation in Power Department’s Warehouse of the Tren Urbano of Puerto Rico 

      González Madera, Ismael (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      The Tren Urbano of Puerto Rico has a lot of material, equipment and tools to make the maintenance works. Many of them are electrical and there is a Power Department to make them. This department has been having problems ...
    • Metodología Scrum versus Metodología en Cascada en el Desarrollo de Software 

      Cortes, Nelson X. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      El objetivo principal de esta investigación es demonstrar cual metodología es más eficiente en el manejo de proyectos para el desarrollo de software. Dicha información provista mediante búsquedas y expresiones encontradas ...
    • Final Pack Improvement Project to Increase Quality and Productivity 

      Velasquez Bon, Jacob (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      A manufacturing final packaging line at medical devices company currently is human dependable and manual handling/inspection. Final Pack process have been performing at a suboptimal level resulting in recurrent quality ...
    • Incoming raw material receiving optimization 

      Negrón, Jaco (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Every company seeks for new ways to grow their business, but such growth adds new challenges in the operation. Increment in overtime expenses and backlogs are the most common challenges nowadays; lack of communication and ...
    • Plan de mejora para la identificación, adquisición, almacenamiento y control de las piezas de repuesto utilizadas en los equipos de producción y planta física 

      Cruz Rodríguez, Ivelisse (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      La necesidad de implementar un sistema robusto de piezas de repuesto es fundamental para la compañía, ya que el tiempo de parada por falta de piezas de repuesto es muy costoso. Por tal razón se trabajó con urgencia un ...
    • US Army Distributed Simulation Capabilities 

      Maldonado Valentín, Juan J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Budget reduction, debt ceiling, Government costs have become a big problem to the United States government and politicians. This issue has arisen because of the possible debt ceiling reaching its limit and the economy not ...