• Fiber Drums Reduction in Weighing & Dispensing Manufacturing Process 

      Rosa, Diangie M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      Achieving overall efficiency within the manufacturing processes is the key goal among many organizations. Reducing waste enables manufactures to save money and take production up a notch. LEAN manufacturing and DMAIC are ...
    • Fill and finish Production Line End Effectors Improvements for Reducing Rejected Units due to Robot Pickup Failures 

      Figueroa Peterson, Juan José (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 ...
    • Filling Line Improvements to avoid the Defect of Product on the Stopper for Sterile Syringes 

      Rivas Rodríguez, Emeris (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      This research aims to optimize the syringes filling line at the facility to not exceed the action limits because of the defect of syringes with product on the stopper. The product or liquid on the stopper of the syringe ...
    • Filling Process Yield Improvements 

      Morales Meléndez, Celiangely (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Misus Winery is a wine making and distribution plant. Its main product is Cherry Blossom which is a pink wine. The high demand for its product has created the need to make improvements in their processes. As part of ...
    • Filtros digitales para el procesamiento de imágenes 

      López Malavé, Roberto; Rivera Paz, William (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 1992-12)
      The purpose of this paper is to design filters capable of extracting the contours of an image, thus reducing the distortion while processing an image. In order to attain this goal, we developed a group of computer programs ...
    • Final Device Quality Control Unit Operation Optimization 

      Rodriguez Cales, Ashley (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)
      With the intent of achieving cost reduction initiatives, the Quality Control Unit operation regarding the final device release was identified as a labor cost opportunity. Through kaizen events done across site, it was ...
    • Final Pack Improvement Project to Increase Quality and Productivity 

      Velasquez Bon, Jacob (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      A manufacturing final packaging line at medical devices company currently is human dependable and manual handling/inspection. Final Pack process have been performing at a suboptimal level resulting in recurrent quality ...
    • Financial Predictors Using the IRS Form 990 

      Rivera Henchys, Frances Enid (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The purpose of this project is to create a solution in the form of an application to the problem for finding sustainability in universities. Creating an application that states the financial predictors of any university ...
    • Fingerprints Recognition Using a Neural Network 

      López Bonilla, Roman E.; Mayorga Ortiz, Pedro (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 1999-06)
      A fingerprint recognition approach, based on a backpropagation algorithm using a neural network, is presented. The purpose of our work is to show the relevance of the fingerprint method characterization by using the ...
    • Finished Goods Failure Reduction in a Wound Closure Medical Device Product Family 

      Álvarez Vázquez, Ameiris (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 ...
    • Finite Element Analysis of Sandwich T-Joints Subjected to Water Slamming Loads 

      Rivera Santos, Luis J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      This article evaluates the structural response of a sandwich ship hull with T-joint longitudinal stiffeners subjected to water slamming. Finite element analysis was conducted using the commercial code LS-DYNA. The ...
    • Finite Element Modeling of Water Slamming on Sandwich Hull Structures 

      Rivera Yusif, Juan (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      This article evaluates the structural response of ship hull sandwich panels subjected to water slamming. Structural responses were obtained from several finite element (FE) model simulations developed by using the ...
    • Firma Electrónica para Pacientes y Familiares 

      Arce, José (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      Este proyecto está enfocado en el área hospitalaria del área oeste de Puerto Rico. El propósito fue eliminar los documentos que conlleven firma de pacientes o familiares con el fin de integrarlo al récord electrónico y ...
    • First Pass Yield Improvement on Audit Results 

      Dávila Alicea, Jetzabel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)
      This research project was focused in the First Pass Yield improvement for Quality Audit results in Aerospace Company. The first pass yield is defined as the number of units coming out of a process divided by the number ...
    • First Pass Yield Improvement on Casting Cell Using DMAIC Methodology 

      Peña Méndez, Luis (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      This research project was focused in the First Pass Yield improvement in a cell of a Medical Device Company. The first pass yield is defined as the number of units coming out of a process divided by the number of units ...
    • First Pass Yield Improvement on Casting Cell Using DMAIC Methodology 

      Luis Peña Méndez (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      This research project was focused in the First Pass Yield improvement in a cell of a Medical Device Company. In order to improve the first pass yield, the DMAIC methodology was used. This research contributed to improve ...
    • First Pass Yield Metric Implementation for Validation Documents 

      Armbruster Santiago, Eric (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      A regulatory compliance contractor in the life sciences industry desires to be distinguished from its competitors in terms of the quality of their services. To make it possible, the company intends to improve the ...
    • Florida Hospital Centra Care Provider Performance Data Mart 

      Díaz Díaz, Marbin Noel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Querying a transactional database for aggregates reports can result in poorly responding queries and reports. Developing a data mart is a highly effective solution to overcome these limitations. This paper demonstrates ...
    • Flow-Days Reduction Using Six Sigma Toolbox at Air Force Base Engine Maintenance Center 

      Luna Martínez, JoAngel (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 ...