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Cost & Cycle Time Reduction and Increased Production on CNC Machines
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
There are a lot of different types of
manufacturing industries. Some of the similarities,
in the majority, is the need to reduce cost, cycle
tyme and consequently increase productivity. There
are several methodologies ...
DMAIC Application to Reduce Medication Errors in a Specialized Pharmacy Process
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
Medication errors can have serious
consequences for patients, and medication safety is
essential to pharmaceutical care. Insight is needed
into the vulnerability of the working process at
specialized pharmacies in order ...
Downtime Reduction Driven by Evaluation of Material Unavailability
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
In the manufacturing & life-sciences
industry, increased competition has forced a cost-reduction philosophy in what was once a highly
profitable business. Manufacturers now need to
maintain or improve time to market and ...
Temperature and Speed Analysis of Skinetta Banding Machine and Heat Tunnel Conveyor at Chocolate Packaging Line
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
regulates pharmaceutical industries. With this
regulations industries are forced to maintain a high
quality standard for their product. Novartis
manufactures OTC products as well as ...
Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing Applications on Facilities Management to Reduce Overtime
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
In essence, Six Sigma is a methodology
originally designed for manufacturing to
understand and reduce sources of variability. This
can also be called margin of error when
performing any operation or manufacturing ...
Downstream Sampling Process Optimization
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
The Downstream Sampling Process in
the Biopharmaceutical industry is a timely and
product consuming step. This process can be
described as a highly labor intense due to all the
required steps to collect a sample. In ...
Enhance Annual Product Review Process at Pharmaceutical Company in Puerto Rico
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
Annual Product Review (APR) is a
requirement from Good Manufacturing Practices
(cGMP) under the FDA (Food and Drug
Administration) and European Medicine Agency
(EMEA). The EMEA refers to Annual Product
Quality Review ...
Using Lean Six Sigma Tools for Packaging Machine Rebuild and Automation Process Improvement
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
This document describes the process of
improving an existing packaging machine using
lean six sigma tools and automation technology for
the medical device industry. The ideal
manufacturing site that has volume increase ...
Using Lean Six Sigma Tools to Evaluate Air Travel Delays from Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, P.R.
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
There has been an increase in the
demand for air transportation creating more delays
in flights. It is important for Puerto Rico to manage
more efficiently their air transportation to be able
to maintain a continuous ...
Aero Repairs Documentation Cycle Time Reduction By Lean Application
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
In our daily life and world, with a
diversity of industries and services, from health to
manufacturing, all kind of products; many of them
care apply Lean concepts or tools to perform
important improvements to their ...