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Increase of Manufacturing Line Capacity using Lean Manufacturing on a Medical Device Company
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
The competition between Medical
Devices companies is increases every day. Many
medical devices companies are marketing products
that compete between each other. They challenged
to obtain long term contracts to supply ...
Puerto Rico Water and Sewer Service Calibration Operation Cost Reduction
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
For the last few years, the economy of
Puerto Rico has been negatively affected,
increasing the operational cost of the industries in
the Island. In addition, regulatory agencies have
been increasing their requirements ...
Continuous Improvement in the Retention and Employment Placement – Link Between Both Processes
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
For the last decade, the socialeconomic factors as violence, underground
economy, the poverty level of living, high
unemployment, generations depending on subsidies
fund from the United States, has negatively
impacted ...
Finished Goods Failure Reduction in a Wound Closure Medical Device Product Family
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
A corrective action and preventive
action plan was developed to address the increase
of Finished Goods failures in a wound closure
medical device product family. Following a DefineMeasure-Analyze-Improve-Control Six ...
Application of Lean Six Sigma Methodology to Optimize Fixation Device Assembly Line in the Medical Devices Industry
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
The research project was focused in the
line optimization of a Fixation Device assembly line
in a Medical Devices Industry. The Fixation Device
is called ProTack™. The Covidien Company is the
manufacturer located in ...
Coating Process Improvements in Solid Dose Form Manufacturing
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
Organization’s goals and objectives
use strategic scorecards that include Quality,
Economics, Speed and Culture to establish business
metrics focused on building continuous future
success and competitiveness to create ...
Quality Improvement of a Paint and Restoration Process in the Remanufacturing Industry
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
In a remanufacturing operation it was
required to improve the first pass yield of a Paint
and Restoration process that handles plastic and
metallic parts. The raw material for the process is
recovered from used household ...
Improving Customer Process Effectiveness in a Facebook-Based Clothing Supplier
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
Any organization needs to incorporate
feedback from its customers in order to have a
successful business. As an emerging Facebookbased clothing supplier it has never been evaluated
upon its effectiveness. In this project, ...
Medical Device Assembly Yield Improvement: Application of Quality Foundations
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
Quality foundations application is not a
new concept for medical device, manufacturing,
and service industries. The key quality concepts
have origins from the quality pioneers named as
“gurus” Joseph Juran, Deming and ...
Implementing a Compressed Air Leak Preventive and Repair Program
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
In recent years the energy cost in Puerto
Rico has been constantly increasing. The reasons
vary from more expensive fuel costs, new
environmental regulations requirements and
inefficiencies in the system. The major ...