Mostrando ítems 1-20 de 2013

    • Electronic Signatures on Approval Documents for Construction Contracts 

      Pinto, Natashia (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      The current process for approvals required by management for bid lists and for contract awards of Engineering and Construction Services (E&CS) Projects for Southern Company requires manual signatures. This delays the ...
    • Improving On-time Commitment Performance 

      Nunez Velez, Luis A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      To improve the on-time commitment performance of organization XYZ, the current commitment process was evaluated. The methodology to improve the commitment process was broken down into five steps: (1) Assigning an engineer; ...
    • Cambiando culturas para lograr objetivos organizacionales 

      Gutiérrez, Luis O. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      Este artículo tiene como objetivo principal educar a la población interesada en el tema sobre la cultura organizacional, crear conciencia sobre la importancia en mantener una cultura saludable y su relación directa con ...
    • Implementing incentives programs to encourage right sizing 

      Mojica Negrón, Keylian (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      Not understanding employee capacity and productivity represents a problem in the banking corporation when management wants to make the right decisions at the right time. The root causes of this are the lack of knowledge ...
    • Mejorar la Motivación en el Ambiente Laboral 

      Santana, Kayra M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      La falta de motivación en los empleados es un problema que está afectando el rendimiento en muchas compañías. Hay muchos factores, tales como falta de recursos al momento de realizar labores, mala comunicación con ...
    • Estación de Bombeo y Tanque de Reserva de Walcrest 

      Pérez Salcedo, Karen (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      La compañía de construcción Webber LLC, proyectó en agosto de 2017 una pérdida de $4.6 millones en uno de sus proyectos en la ciudad de Dallas, Texas. El proyecto de construcción consiste en la renovación de una estación ...
    • Development, Assignment and Control of Technical Work 

      Toledo, Jose F. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      The Development, Assignment and Control of Technical Work is a management system used in any organization as a standard operating procedure. The procedure will support the engineering manager, while mitigating the organization ...
    • Headcount Reduction in a Microbiology Laboratory 

      Colón Cordero, Ivelisse (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      A headcount reduction of 20% in the Microbiology Laboratory of a manufacturing company is required. A time study was performed to determine the quantity of time each Microbiology Analyst requires to perform different tasks. ...
    • Implementación del Uso de la Tecnología en la Educación 

      Ramírez Sánchez, Frances M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      En este proyecto se pretende implementar el uso de la tecnología en el salón de clases para lograr una mejora en el aprovechamiento académico de los estudiantes del Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico. La tecnología ...
    • Interlock Control System for New 7000 Series Rail Cars Access Platforms 

      Ortega Cabrera, Edilberto (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      New 7000 Series Rail Cars bought have the A/C units located on top and access platforms have been built and installed at each Shop in order to access these units for maintenance purposes. With this, a safety issue of ...
    • Development of Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Work Plan for Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization Projects 

      Otero Navedo, Dwight E. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      Planning is an integral part of every aspect in life. This article discusses the development of an annual work plan in a Directorate of Public Works. The goal is to explain the importance of having a plan established and ...
    • Desmineralización de agua potable para una industria de soluciones farmacéutica 

      Rivera Torres, Dalimar (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      El agua para los procedimientos de fabricación es un problema por el cual pasan empresas en el mundo. Las aguas para uso industrial requieren cualidades que no están disponibles en origen, por lo que deben someterse a ...
    • Complementary Assets and the Use of Leading Practices to Positively Contribute to Company’s Cost Advantage 

      Miranda, Christine S. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      Research has shown that a firm’s performance has disregarded the existing resources and capabilities to apply environmental management leading practices. The leading practices concept refers to that of protecting the ...
    • Agile Software Release Management 

      Cuesta, William R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      The Agile Software Release Management is a process standardization focused on how software is released in a manufactory using agile methods. The paper includes the development process with the data collected, the tools ...
    • Incoming Area Optimization for Servers Repair Site 

      Corchado Campos, Wandali (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      Continuous flow is a key in organizations with production lines and more than one working shift. The organization chosen for this project is a repair site for servers and server components seeking to optimize their ...
    • Managing the aftermath of a natural disaster in a service oriented company 

      Toledo, Víctor M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      The workplaces are susceptible to natural disasters, particularly companies proving services. Infotech Aerospace Services, an aerospace engineering company, got affected by a major hurricane. Being unable to provide their ...
    • Índice de artículos de investigaciones y otros trabajos académicos publicados por docentes afiliados a la Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico (1981-2003) 

      Tardí Galarza, Antonio (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico. Biblioteca., 2024)
      El Índice de artículos de investigaciones y otros trabajos académicos publicados por docentes afiliados a la Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico (1981-2023) pertenece a la serie de índices del proyecto de indexación de ...
    • Optimizing the Preventive Maintenance of the Magnetron 

      Risueño Pérez, Ruddy I. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      Accuray Incorporated is having issues with the random failures of magnetrons in the field. The objectives of this investigation are to prevent downtime due to the failure of the magnetron and to utilize the computer system ...
    • Preventive Maintenance Work Order Optimization 

      Sánchez, Rosemarie Alcocer (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      In the bio-pharmaceutical industry, maintenance is required to ensure equipment functions properly. Maintenance can be defined as activities performed on an equipment to ensure it functions with-in specification and ...
    • Computer System Validation Cycle Optimization 

      Torres, Omar A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      The concept of the project involves the optimization of a current Computer system validation cycle in an active project in the biopharma industry. The root cause for the problem was the excessive amounts of deviations ...