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Application of Lean Manufacturing Principle to Construction Industry
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)
Waste in the construction industry has
been the subject of several research projects
around the world in recent years because of
inefficiency. Researchers and professionals
implement different methods to reduce the ...
Aplicaciones de la Filosofía Lean para Optimizar la Logística en los Almacenes y Controlar los Periodos de Expiración en Productos Refrigerados
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
En el almacenamiento de productos
refrigerados se tiene que mantener un alto nivel de
los controles de calidad e inocuidad y estos se deben
monitorear con mucho más énfasis si los productos
son perecederos y van dirigidos ...
Reduction in Waste of Raw Material Generation N and D of the Manufacturing Processes in a Medical Device Industry
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
This article discusses how the industry
of Medical Devices handles the reduction of waste in
manufacturing processes. Companies have money
losses, that can be reduce with an optimization of the
manufacturing processes. ...
Fill and finish Production Line End Effectors Improvements for Reducing Rejected Units due to Robot Pickup Failures
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
Since the production of parenteral is
more regulated and complicated, it makes the
manufacture investment cost higher in comparison
with other dosage forms. As result, is important to
apply lean tools in order to reduce ...
Improving a Dialysis Center Construction Project: A Lean Perspective
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
Due to the necessity of the construction
of new facilities for healthcare, the Lean tools are
applied in a construction project. Specifically, in the
construction of a new facilities for a dialysis center,
to reduce ...
Continuous Improvement in a Warehouse of Short Bark Industries
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
In the company Short Bark Industries
is manufacturing military clothing and accessories.
This company has a problem in the organization
and excess inventory in the warehouse. For this
they need to implement two Lean ...
Lean Manufacturing Implementation to Improve Process Capability and Performance
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
Industries has been continuously evolving with the change in tendencies and market growth of products. To be capable of maintaining the organization competitiveness, in front of an aggressive market, ...
Paperless Harness/Cables Fabrication
(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 ...
Increase of Manufacturing Line Capacity using Lean Manufacturing on a Medical Device Company
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
The competition between Medical
Devices companies is increases every day. Many
medical devices companies are marketing products
that compete between each other. They challenged
to obtain long term contracts to supply ...
Lean Manufacturing Applied to In-Process Protein Concentration Determination Changing the Standard UV-Spectrometer for the Solo Variable Pathlength Extinction
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)
The protein concentration test is a
complicated test, which requires a lot of time and
materials. Currently the test is being performed
using an old equipment of UV-Spectrometer
Visible. In this project, the researcher ...