• Optimizing Inventory Levels in a Medical Device Company 

      Lozada Murcelo, Ana M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Having material shortages can be dangerous to production since it can cause lack of product availability for sale therefore making the company unprofitable. Only measuring the weeks of inventory and inventory turns can ...
    • Optimizing the Cubuy Water Treatment Plant for Achieving the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule Requirements 

      Torres Cabrera, Emeliz (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      The Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule is requiring additional removal or inactivation of Cryptosporidium Oocyst for public drinking water system. The Cubuy Water Treatment Plant needs to provide an ...
    • Optimizing the Method for Finding an Optimal Solution of a Constraint Satisfaction Problem 

      Pagán, Andrew (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      Abstract — Constraint satisfaction problems are the subject of intense research in both artificial intelligence and operations research. They are mathematical problems defined as a set of objects whose state must satisfy ...
    • Optimizing the Preventive Maintenance of the Magnetron 

      Risueño Pérez, Ruddy I. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      Accuray Incorporated is having issues with the random failures of magnetrons in the field. The objectives of this investigation are to prevent downtime due to the failure of the magnetron and to utilize the computer system ...
    • Optimizing Workflow with Reduction of Reworks to Models and Drawings 

      Vázquez Vélez, Kevin E. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)
      This study delves into aerospace design rework challenges, focusing on Collins Aerospace. Analyzing 280 change notices, it pinpoints notes and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) as key rework origins. Structured ...
    • Orange Dating: Developing Modern Java Web Applications 

      Mercado Millán, William (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      Developing a Java web application can be considered too complex for most modern developers, mainly because Java has a reputation of being difficult and requiring lots of coding. However, there are modern tools and ...
    • Orion’s Force Class Ship 

      Báez Medina, Liz Marie (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The United States Navy (hereinafter referred to as Navy) submitted a request for proposals (RFP) for a new class of surface ships titled Force Class Ship. Orion Industries submitted a proposal for their design which they ...
    • Output Improvement for a Blister Packaging Line using Lean/Six Sigma 

      Feliciano Machado, Omar (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2011)
      Abstract - With the pass of the years industries are looking to reduce costs associated to packaging process. In the packaging line analyzed for this project product is packed in blister cells at primary packaging by two ...
    • Outsource Component for Quality Improvements 

      Ortiz Ledée, Roberto C. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      In a medical device facility located in Puerto Rico, the process used for the manufacturing of plastic tubes was to have an inhouse extrusion machine to produce tubing of several dimensions. These tubes then follow the ...
    • An Overview of Web Scraping: Technical Aspects and Exercises 

      Pérez Molano, Gustavo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)
      Researchers and organizations conducting different types of research can benefit from studying and using Web Scraping in a correct manner to further their research goals. This study serves as a review on some of the web ...
    • An Overview to BackTrack Penetrations Tools 

      Grau Ortiz, Keiny J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      Abstract - This paper is in support of a newly created tutorial, focused on different penetration and vulnerabilities tools. These tutorials are specifically designed to provide basic understanding on the functionalities ...
    • An Overview to Digital Forensics Tools 

      Blakely Santiago, Waldemar (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2010)
      This paper is in support of seven newly created tutorials, focused on different digital forensic analysis tools. The tutorials are intended as in-class laboratory exercise for the computer forensics classes at the ...
    • Packaging Cold Chain Program Improvement 

      Cardona Colón, Laura (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      With the growing trend of biologic medicines coming to the market, a packaging engineering group needed to create an internal cold chain process to meet market demand in this area of cold shipments; although there is a ...
    • Packaging Line Efficiency Improvements with the Implementation of a Centralized Packaging Line Control System 

      Negrón Ocasio, Frank (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 

      Rodríguez Rivera, Gerardo (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 ...
    • Packaging Preventive Maintenance Rationalization and Lean Pilot at a Pharmaceutical Company 

      Cuadrado Torres, Juan L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2011)
      Abstract - The downtime developed by the poor maintenance scheduling techniques used in a manufacturing plant produces a huge amount of loses, financially and timely speaking. This project looks to use DMAIC methodology ...
    • Packaging Process Improvement in a Manufacturing Environment 

      González, Rosa L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      A manual filling, packaging and labeling process implicates significant labor intensive tasks that will result in non- standard process with high variability. This non-standard process has resulted in more than 20 ...
    • Palimpsesto construido: entre lo sostenible y lo local 

      González Colón, Irvis (School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      Si extrapolamos el término palimpsesto al lenguaje arquitectónico se visualiza un legado construido heterogéneo y sobre el mismo, intervenciones estratificadas en varios tempos que se levantan sobre las huellas de lo ...
    • Paperless Harness/Cables Fabrication 

      Torres Agosto, Brenda (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      This project focused on Paperless Harness/Cables Fabrication for Documentation Control in an aerospace company. Documentation control improves paperwork handling, the gathering and filling of all the documentation ...
    • Parallel DFT Implementation and Benchmarking in Cluster Architecture 

      Vélez Rodríguez, William (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      For the execution of very large DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform), where the implementation size is limited by the memory available in a single processor, it is still convenient to use the larger memory afforded by the ...