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Surgical Technologies Clean Room Lines Capacity Improvement
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
In today’s competitive market, medical
device manufacturing companies need to
continuously innovate their products and process in
order to maintain a leader position on the medical
devices industry. Quality and Cost ...
Parenterals Vial Manufacturing Filling Area Yield Improvement Project
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
In the Parenterals Pharmaceutical
industry a quality, financial and manufacturing
measure of how the process is being operated and
that measures the appropriate use of materials,
excipients, and active product ingredients ...
Metrics for Business Performance Management
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
Business Metrics are very useful tools
to promote business performance, assure quality
and promote continuous improvement. During
economic recession the application of these tools
becomes imperative to assure business ...
Design a One-Piece Flow System in a Casket Manufacturing Company
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
The competition between Casket
companies is increasing every day. Many casket
companies are importing products from China and
Mexico. The customers are greatly influenced by
prices. To be competitive, the industry is ...
Fill and finish Production Line End Effectors Improvements for Reducing Rejected Units due to Robot Pickup Failures
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
Since the production of parenteral is
more regulated and complicated, it makes the
manufacture investment cost higher in comparison
with other dosage forms. As result, is important to
apply lean tools in order to reduce ...
Aero Repairs Documentation Cycle Time Reduction By Lean Application
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
In our daily life and world, with a
diversity of industries and services, from health to
manufacturing, all kind of products; many of them
care apply Lean concepts or tools to perform
important improvements to their ...
Improving Cost Estimating Process in the Aerospace Industry Projects
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)
The cost estimation process in the
aerospace industry is very important since this
process help them to negotiate with the suppliers
better offers and optimize the manufacturing
process. The process is recent in this ...
Packaging Line Efficiency Improvements with the Implementation of a Centralized Packaging Line Control System
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
Efficiency is a process measurement of
the ability of generating a required output with the
minimum amount of resources. A high efficiency is
crucial for a packaging line as it is an important
aspect of cost control ...
Packaging Lines Minor & Minor/Major Changeover Time Reduction on a Pharmaceutical Company
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
Every company that wants to be
competitive has to implement SMED or changeover
reduction in every process that this technique could
be applied. The two major difficulties that
companies encounters are: Product ...
Using Lean Six Sigma Tools for Packaging Machine Rebuild and Automation Process Improvement
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
This document describes the process of
improving an existing packaging machine using
lean six sigma tools and automation technology for
the medical device industry. The ideal
manufacturing site that has volume increase ...