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    • Insulin Cartridge Alternate Source Initiative 

      Pringle, Milton J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      This paper addresses a supply chain problem related to a molded component that is externally manufactured in a company in Singapore. It details the current situation, reason for undertaking the project and its goals and ...

    • US Army Distributed Simulation Capabilities 

      Maldonado Valentín, Juan J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Budget reduction, debt ceiling, Government costs have become a big problem to the United States government and politicians. This issue has arisen because of the possible debt ceiling reaching its limit and the economy not ...

    • Oportunidades de Crecimiento Laboral en el Sector Público 

      Pérez Pichardo, Jimmy (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      El proyecto Oportunidades de Crecimiento Laboral en el Sector Público nace de la propia experiencia del autor que se enfrenta desde sus inicios en la Administración de Vivienda Pública, una agencia del Estado Libre ...

    • Incoming raw material receiving optimization 

      Negrón, Jaco (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Every company seeks for new ways to grow their business, but such growth adds new challenges in the operation. Increment in overtime expenses and backlogs are the most common challenges nowadays; lack of communication and ...

    • El impacto del paradigma constructivista en la enseñanza de matemáticas 

      Lara Cotto, Carmen M. (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 1999-12)
      The constructivist paradigm offers important implications to educators about the teaching and learning of mathematics. The curricular reforms in the mathematics classroom, in its majority, emerge from constructivist ...

    • Techniques for Functional and Structural Testing of Software 

      Cruz Triana, Alfredo; Méndez, Adrián E. (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 1999-12)
      This work will present the structural and functional approaches as software testing process techniques. The software testing process is one that consumes at least half of the labor expended to produce a working program. ...

    • Simulation of the Antenna Pattern of Arbitrarily Oriented Very Large Phase/Time-Delay Scanned Antenna Arrays with Systematic and Random Errors 

      Ortiz, Carlos R. (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 1999-12)
      A computer simulation to determine the field pattern of arbitrarily oriented, very large phase/time delay scanned antennas was developed. The simulation takes into account errors present in antenna arrays. These are ...

    • Semisolid Metal Processing 

      Alexandrou, Andreas N.; Burgos, Gilmer R.; Entov, Vladimir M. (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 1999-12)
      Processing of metal alloys in their mushy state represent a new trend in metal processing. The process produces components with low porosity, high crack resistance, fine microstructure, and better mechanical properties ...

    • 5S Method Implementation in Power Department’s Warehouse of the Tren Urbano of Puerto Rico 

      González Madera, Ismael (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      The Tren Urbano of Puerto Rico has a lot of material, equipment and tools to make the maintenance works. Many of them are electrical and there is a Power Department to make them. This department has been having problems ...

    • Research of Anterior Cervical System using different materials 

      Lugo Vélez, Isabel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      With the continuous worldwide demand for anterior cervical systems, Medtronic Spinal Division decided to makes changes in the manufacturing process in order to meet this demand. The company decided to introduce some new ...

    • Improve Major Changeover Procedure in MK0431AR Coating Area 

      Rodriguez De Jesus, Cesar (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Today, most plants are running multiple products per line per day, including varieties of the same products, requiring many changeovers with the intense pressures to boost production efficiency, meet increasing consumer ...

    • Capability Development Enhancement to Sustain Business Needs 

      Henríquez, Camille M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Organizational capability is one of the most important qualities for a company to succeed. In order for a company to have a good organizational capability, their employees need to be capable of completing their jobs on ...

    • Cycle time reduction based on structured Fist-in-First-out queue management control 

      Ramos, Beatriz (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 ...

    • Analysis and Optimization of Employee Parking for Company XYZ 

      Portell Castro, Lisa N. (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, ...

    • Improving Medical Devices Manufacturing – From the Push system to the Pull system 

      Hernández, Ian (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      A manufacturing subassembly line at medical devices company currently supplies two sites with manufacturing lines. The subassembly line has high inventory levels which reduce cash flows for potential investments. The high ...

    • Positive impacts of having good maintenance management in the manufacturing industry 

      Cancel Cruz, Ramón (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Many companies especially family-owned businesses do not offer the proper maintenance for their machinery. Such sloppiness in any company is responsible for more expenditure on operations as well as a decrease in production ...

    • Automation of Guidewire Packaging Lines at ABBOTT Laboratories Vascular Division 

      Rodríguez Flores, Pedro L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      With the increasing demand for guidewires worldwide, Abbott decided to make changes in the manufacturing line in order to meet these demands. In an evaluation of the manufacturing process, they considered that the area ...

    • Toxoplasma IgG Quality Control Testing Optimization 

      Rodriguez Marcano, Miguel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      This project explores a lean initiative of a multinational healthcare company related to a Toxoplasma IgG (protozoan parasite) quality control test. The objective was to reduce the test’s cycletime, material consumption ...

    • Power Plant environmental cleaning schedule optimization 

      Ramos Vega, Luis D. (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 ...

    • Tools for Predicting Uncertainty and confidence Intervals in Radiometric Data Products 

      Mahan, J. R.; Sánchez, María Cristina; Ayala, Edwin A.; Priestley, Kory J. (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 1999-12)
      Spaced-based observations of atmospheric energetics, such as those provided by NASA’s Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES), produce data products intended to be shared with the larger scientific community ...