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Implementation of Lean Six Sigma in a Manufacturing Cell of Orthopedic Devices to Reduce Waste
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
Abstract - Lean practices with Six Sigma methodology has been successfully applied in many industries to ensure the reduction of wastes and improve product quality. In this case study, the proposed implementation of lean ...
Battery Assembly Re-design in a Medical Device Company
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
Abstract - Today, customer complaints is a strategic business metric for the organizations to measure the customer satisfaction and product’s performance. During YR2011, an adverse trend on complaints per million (CPMs) ...
Increasing Capacity by Designing a New Drying Process at a Manufacturing Plant
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
Abstract ⎯ High oil price is one of the major factors for this twenty-first century global economic recession. Inevitably everyone’s mindset has changed towards energy and the focus is towards finding renewable energy that ...
Design and Implementation of an Automated Assembly Line for a Manufacturing Facility
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
Abstract - As the field of automation has become more widespread, more companies, still mostly using manual labor, are looking into it to increase their productivity. However the transition between manual operation and ...
Improve Material Flow at Supplier
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
Abstract ⎯ This project will be focused in reducing the high lead time that characterizes one of the suppliers in a Medical Device Organization. By reducing the lead time of this supplier, the organization expects to have ...
Reduction of Time in a Manufacturing Process for a Pharmaceutical Company Located in Puerto Rico
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
Abstract - The project is developed in a chemical plant of a pharmaceutical company in Puerto Rico. In 2011 the company had an increase in market demand of the active ingredient of one product. To ensure the profit plan, ...
Implementation of a Special USB Device for the Reduction of Time to Access Computers Remotely in HVAC Testing
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
Abstract ⎯ This article describes the application of the five Six Sigma methodologies known as the five DMAIC phases Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control using the application of HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air ...
Workmanship Error at Assembly Line in a Medical Device Company
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
Abstract — In a Medical Device Company a production line had an increase of non-conformances in 2011. The category for the increase was workmanship error. These failures result in cost of poor quality due to quality holds. ...
Optimización en el Manejo del Inventario de Laboratorio en una Planta Química de Puerto Rico
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
Sinopsis - Esta investigación desarrolló un sistema para mecanizar el inventario del laboratorio de una planta química de Puerto Rico. Utilizó el inventario de 3 laboratorios: “In-Process” - Materia Prima, Microbiología y ...
Flow-Days Reduction Using Six Sigma Toolbox at Air Force Base Engine Maintenance Center
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
Abstract - When the United States entered World War I in 1917, the U.S. government searched for a company to develop the first airplane engine "booster" for the fledgling U.S. aviation industry General Electric accepted ...