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Risk-Based Viable and Non-Viable Monitoring Sampling Plan for Microbial Control Program within ISO 7 Cleanroom
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)The project intends to present a sitespecific risk assessment in order to design a custom viable sampling plan for a compounding pharmacy, which aseptically prepares patient-specific therapies. Additionally, the project ... -
How the DMAIC Methodology was applied under the CAPA System with Effective Results
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)The proximal spacing is an essential design output where the purpose is to have the proper alignment and contact at the battery to provide electrical pulse therapy at the sacral cord stimulation. If the contact to the ... -
Invoice Submission System
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)When it comes to revenue, contracts and businesses it is imperative for agreements to be met. The Procurement Organization of Honeywell Aerospace is currently facing a lot of road blocks while trying to achieve production ... -
Commissioning and Qualification of Utilities in a new Filling Line Expansion Project
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)As part of a project for a Parenteral Filling Line expansion, Commissioning and Qualification activities were performed in new and existing modified systems to provide documented evidence and ensure that all equipment, ... -
QC Downtime on Work - Orders of 100 Pieces or Less for Packaging/ Boxing Area
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)In this investigation you will obtain information about a continuous improvement methods: the A3 Project application. This method follows the Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) cycle which will be conducted in the production ... -
Optimization of Backorders Processing using Lean Principal
(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 ... -
Globalization and Innovation Encompass with Regulations
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)Our economy is outdoing a profound transformation within globalization, innovation and the regulations required for each market. Although the individual elements feel familiar, the combined contours are unprecedented- ... -
Proyecto Piloto de Concepto Esbelto y Administración Kaizen en un Centro de Llamadas
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)La Administración “X” representa las transacciones generales y maneja los centros de servicio al cliente en diferentes puntos de la isla incluyendo un centro de llamadas. El centro de su operación y la productividad ... -
In-Process pharmaceutical manufacturing aqueous coating suspension hold time study
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)A hold time study is established in the development phase of any product. All the InProcess unit operations require a hold time study to protect the integrity and quality of the final drug product. This study will analyze ... -
How to Connect Supplier and Customer Processes within the Manufacturing Environment
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)Within the manufacturing industry, the inventory represents an area of continuous improvement. This asset allows the supplier to react to the variability in the requirements of its clients and / or the inefficiencies in ... -
Increasing the eficiency of Pitorro’s production
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)Puerto Rico has produced Rum since early ages and is part of its culture. But the rum making process has been an irregular one since the process has been passed through generations and the persons who make it don’t ... -
Mejoramiento de Áreas de Manufactura Utilizando Kanban y 5S
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)Un dispositivo médico es un producto que puede ser una máquina, un instrumento, un implante, o un reactivo in vitro, destinado a usarse en el diagnóstico, la prevención y el tratamiento de enfermedades u otras afecciones ... -
Medical Device Manufacturing Area Waste Elimination and Efficiency Improvements Project
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)This project describes a process for waste elimination and efficiency improvements in a manufacturing area at a medical device company. It uses the DMAIC methodology for the development of the improvements. Throughout ... -
Improve Compliance to Schedule
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)One of the most difficulties in manufacturing is to explain the production colleagues the importance of following a production schedule and deliver product on-time to the next process. The facility in where this research ... -
Develop an organization system that allows to optimize and automate the process of access to files
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)A company has an excess of archived documents that go from 2003 to the present. The excess of files has limited the space in the office and the work of the employees. It also causes a very large monetary expenditure ... -
Medical device quality control testing process time reduction
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)A Medical Device Company has paid, in overtime labor hours for processing raw materials and quality control testing due to inefficient process requirements thus impacting costs on product. The raw material purchasing ... -
Improve service and efficiency of LAL kinetic chromogenic method for a combine manufacturing product
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)A new supplier is now validated according to the requirements on the USP <85> Bacterial Endotoxin Test, USP <161>, ANSI/AAMI ST72:2011. This validation is conducted in order to comply with manufacturing and customer ... -
Estudio de una Cámara de Vacío Microvac en el Área de Empaque para el Mejoramiento de Inspecciones Visuales durante Retrabajos
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)Con el propósito de mejorar inspecciones visuales para defectos de sellado durante retrabajos, sin afectar la calidad del producto, reduciendo costos y tiempo, se implementó un estudio de ingeniería como primera fase. ... -
Streamlined Procedures for Encapsulation Area
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)A streaming analysis in the Encapsulation Manufacturing Area was performed with the purpose to identify opportunities of improvements for current changeover process. Current changeover process has the following steps; waste ... -
Ethics and Compliance Program Implementation to Decrease Human Error Deviations and Increase Employee Satisfaction
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)This project achieved to increase the employee satisfaction and decreased the amount of deviations caused by human errors through the implementation of an Ethics and Compliance Program, with a Code of Values and ...