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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 ...
Implementing incentives programs to encourage right sizing
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
Not understanding employee capacity and productivity represents a problem in the banking corporation when management wants to make the right decisions at the right time. The root causes of this are the lack of knowledge ...
Development, Assignment and Control of Technical Work
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
The Development, Assignment and Control of Technical Work is a management system used in any organization as a standard operating procedure. The procedure will support the engineering manager, while mitigating the organization ...
Electronic Signatures on Approval Documents for Construction Contracts
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
The current process for approvals required by management for bid lists and for contract awards of Engineering and Construction
Services (E&CS) Projects for Southern Company requires manual signatures. This delays the ...
Improving On-time Commitment Performance
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
To improve the on-time commitment performance of organization XYZ, the current commitment process was evaluated. The
methodology to improve the commitment process was broken down into five steps: (1) Assigning an engineer; ...
Manufacturing Line Labor Optimization
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
The identified manufacturing line had 45 operators distributed in three (3) shifts for a total of 135 operators. The rebalancing process included the consolidation of multiple current operations using procedure changes and ...
Mejoras en la Preparación y Entrega de los Chucks a las Líneas de Empaque
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
Durante el proceso de cambio de las líneas de empaque, específicamente en la estación de la tapadora, se requiere el cambio de los “chucks” según el tamaño de la tapa a utilizarse. Luego de realizado el cambio, se generan ...
Environmental Operation Area (EOA) Automation Project-Control Systems Improvements
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
Since April thru July 2017, it was reported that the downtimes and cycle times at the Environmental Operation Area of a manufacturing plant had increased, since the instrument and control systems are highly degraded. In ...
The recommendation of the installation of PV Solar Panels to reduce the electricity costs in Schofield Barracks Commissary, Hawaii
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
The Schofield Barracks Commissary is a supermarket that sells groceries and household goods only to military members and their families; is located in Wahiawa, Hawaii. The store experiences high electricity bills due to ...
Incidences of Incorrect Serial Number Labels
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
Since May thru July 2017, there were reported four instances of units shipped with incorrect serial numbers. It caused impact to
quality metrics at local manufacturing site. Nevertheless, a local project was initiated ...