dc.rights.license | All rights reserved | en_US |
dc.contributor.advisor | González Miranda, Carlos J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Alemán Rentas, Xallya | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-23T16:31:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-23T16:31:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Alemán Rentas, X. (2019). Lean transformation strategic journey: from an ordinary manufacturing site towards a world class manufacturing site [Unpublished manuscript]. Graduate School, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12475/180 | |
dc.description | Design Project Article for the Graduate Programs at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The MDP Company is a global medical
device leader company in musculoskeletal
healthcare market. One of its primaries
manufacturing facilities is located in Puerto Rico
where orthopedic implants and reconstructive
products are manufactured and packaged. The site
consists of two manufacturing buildings designed in
over twenty manufacturing cells divided by product
families and operates three shifts a week with over
500 employees. This project was focused on the
identification and implementation of different lean
manufacturing tools to reduce in three days the
lead time through all manufacturing operations and
to improve the manufacturing processes, thus,
reduce production costs and convert the Puerto
Rico manufacturing facility in one of the most
profitable sites for the company. Before project
start the average manufacturing lead time was 9
days with a work in process inventory cost of $2.7
million. By the end of this project, the lead time in
pilot manufacturing cell was reduced to 6 days. To
achieve project goals, the DMAIC (DefineMeasure-Analyze-Improve-Control) Methodology
was used and different lean manufacturing
tools/concepts were implemented.
Key Terms ⎯ DMAIC, Lead Time Reduction,
Lean Manufacturing, Process Optimization. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Manufacturing Competitiveness | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Fall-2019 | |
dc.relation.haspart | San Juan Campus | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Lean manufacturing | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Six sigma (Quality control standard) | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico--Graduate students--Research | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico--Graduate students--Posters | |
dc.title | Lean transformation strategic journey: from an ordinary manufacturing site towards a world class manufacturing site | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Graduate School | en_US |