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Estación de Bombeo y Tanque de Reserva de Walcrest
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)La compañía de construcción Webber LLC, proyectó en agosto de 2017 una pérdida de $4.6 millones en uno de sus proyectos en la ciudad de Dallas, Texas. El proyecto de construcción consiste en la renovación de una estación ... -
Estimados de Costos Preliminares y Finales en Compañía de Construcción
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)Este proyecto intenta mejorar el proceso de realizar estimados preliminares en una compañía de construcción. El mismo debe ser comparado con el estimado final, cuya diferencia no debe ser mayor de un 10%. Para mejorar el ... -
Estudio de viabilidad de adquisición electrónica en la industria hospitalaria
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)Los hospitales enfrentan problemas de adquisición que resultan en costos significativos debido a la pandemia de COVID-19. Estas compras representan un gran reto para garantizar la calidad de la atención al paciente. Con ... -
Evaluation of Pre-Oxide Guide Wires to Reduce Teflon Coating Damage
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)Abbott Vascular Barceloneta, a guide wire manufacturer, has an overall scrap rate of 14%, of which approximately 50% is due to Teflon coating damage. An engineering study was performed to identify if new material with a ... -
The Feasibility of Installing a Green Roof System to Mitigate Large Water Runoff
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)The purpose of this project is to determine if it is economically and physically feasible to install a water management system that will help solve the flooding problem that the educational institution XYZ has been ... -
Feasibility Study for the Production of an Outdoor-Rated Energy Storage System
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)The objective of this project was to determine the feasibility of introducing an outdoors-rated Energy Storage System (ESS) as a new product offering from a company. The two drivers for determining the feasibility were ... -
Final Pack Improvement Project to Increase Quality and Productivity
(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 ... -
Firma Electrónica para Pacientes y Familiares
(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 Casting Cell Using DMAIC Methodology
(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 ... -
Freight Cost Reduction Project
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)Shipping products from the Caribbean have a limited amount of freight options in comparison with other geographical regions. For HPE Puerto Rico, one of the main business goals for FY23 is to establish initiatives that ... -
Guideline for Production Ramp-Ups by using a Project Management Approach
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)Production Ramp-Ups on manufacturing environment represents one of the biggest challenges on manufacturing environments. These days, manufacturing environments are very dynamic. Based on the previous mentioned characteristics ... -
Harbor Access Road Stabilization Design Project
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)Many location of shoreline erosion have been identified in the United States coast and their territories. AES Puerto Rico Harbor road has eroded and created unstable soil conditions. The California Department of Public ... -
Headcount Reduction in a Microbiology Laboratory
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)A headcount reduction of 20% in the Microbiology Laboratory of a manufacturing company is required. A time study was performed to determine the quantity of time each Microbiology Analyst requires to perform different tasks. ... -
Heat Trace Control Improvements at Appleton Group Houston Facility
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)Heat Trace products delivery time at Appleton manufacturing company located in Houston Texas has become a problem since a year ago. The causes of this problem are components and mounting pan lead times, as well as assembly ... -
Identificación correcta de producto a la salida del horno de secado
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)Las etiquetas de los productos son una pieza clave para la comunicación entre el fabricante y su cliente final. Existen agencias de gobierno que establecen regulaciones en cuanto a la información que debe incluir una ... -
Identifying and Developing Potential Leaders in your Organization
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)Identifying high potential employees for future leadership roles is essential for any business. If done correctly an organization can benefit with higher profits and product innovation. For this, talent farms are needed ... -
Idle Time Reduction in Formulation Room
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)The Amgen Manufacturing Limited formulation room was impacted by the increase of forecasted variable demand for 2019 and 2020. During the evaluation it was found that decreases in demand for certain months caused an increase ... -
The Impact of COVID-19 in the A/E/C Industry
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)The project establishes a guide that will aid the A/E/C industry in implementing organizational change during times of adversity, such as what is being experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to create a proactive ... -
The Impact of Employee Absenteeism in Fast-Tracks Projects
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)Fast-tracking is a project management technique where activities are performed simultaneously, instead of waiting for each task to be completed separately. When personnel do not show for work, it creates a negative impact. ... -
Impacting an Organization by Reducing Cost of Spare Parts and Excess Inventory
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)Excess inventory and the cost of replacement parts are found to be an area of opportunity within a maintenance department for a vessel terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The quantitative model is the approach that was ...