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Cycle time reduction based on structured Fist-in-First-out queue management control
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
Queue management systems are set up to manage ticket ranking for a service. In this case, tickets received are for engineering software and electronic library issues within the company and all its subsidiaries. The steps ...
Phosphate Waste Reduction Initiative
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
Budget Waste Expense increased by more than 20% due to incremental phosphate waste (PHOW) during new product lot campaign at Amgen Manufacturing Limited. This constant PHOW increase was pointing toward a possible root cause ...
Reduction of Lighting Energy Consumption by 25% Site Wide
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
The lighting energy consumption is typically overlooked at Department of Defense facilities because, if it works and provides sufficient lighting, no one complains. The key to achieving energy savings through lighting, is ...
Mejoramiento del proceso de estudios de campo e instalaciones
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
El proyecto que se presenta a continuación se compone del mejoramiento del proceso de estudios de campo e instalaciones en una empresa de telecomunicaciones. Aquí se encontrará un desglose de todas las reuniones con diversos ...
Analysis and Optimization of Employee Parking for Company XYZ
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
Company XYZ has the need to reduce costs and improve personnel safety. Current parking accommodations are costly and unsecure. To resolve this issues three possible solutions were analyzed: parking re-distribution, ...
Power Plant environmental cleaning schedule optimization
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
Since switching to natural gas as their primary fuel, the boilers at a power plant of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority are kept cleaner and with minimum environmental pollution. According to a consent decreed with ...
Reducing Meeting Costs in Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division’s Project Delivery Process
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
Inefficiencies in the handling of meetings result in large amounts of time and money wasted every year. This project aimed at identifying strategies to improve the handling of meetings in Eastern Federal Lands Highway ...
Incrementando Ganancias en Corto Plazo
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
Para este proyecto se escogió un problema actual en una compañía de consultoría de ingenieros. Basándose en las pérdidas de varios proyectos, se vieron en la obligación de buscar una solución al estancamiento de pérdidas ...
Improving the performance of the United States Department of Defense workforce by defining and solving organizational problems
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
This paper uses structural problem solving as a methodology to define and solve organizational performance within the United States Department of Defense (DoD). First, the article presents the organizational challenges ...
Analyzing the Contingency Reserve for DHS Cybersecurity Acquisitions Programs
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
This paper presents a research study made on multiple Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cyber-security major acquisition programs cost estimates’ uncertainty and risk analysis results and the determination of a Contingency ...