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    • Reducing Meeting Costs in Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division’s Project Delivery Process 

      Carreras Calderón, Victor A. (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 ...

    • Engineers in the Procurement Process at NASA 

      Alicea, Zuleimy (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services for a company. At the Kennedy Space Center the completion of an acquisition was taking long periods of time. This was caused because the engineers, who are ...

    • Minimizing Employee Turnover 

      Batista Alicea, Coralys (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      This paper presents a plan that was created to minimize the amount of employee turnover in an outsourcing company. It involves team leaders, human resources, manager and talent from the groups. The employee turnover can ...

    • Riveter Machine Reconditioning for Output Capacity Increase 

      Porcell, Edgardo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The ability to ramp up or down production in order to quickly respond to customers’ demand is a necessity in today’s competitive lean manufacturing environments. Output capacity bottlenecks forces manufacturing plants ...

    • Manufacturing Lines Process Optimization: Tissue Cutter 

      Camacho, Gracemarie (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      A medical devices company manufactures small tissue cutters. In this process, two pieces must be welded, grinded and straightened. The tissue cutter must be grinded because of imperfections formed in the metal welded. ...

    • Balloon Final Inspection System 

      Morales Quiñones, Irvin D. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      This paper presents an innovative and automated system to improve the current inspection process of the balloon of the catheters. The human factor could affect the product quality because the operator output and accuracy ...

    • Building the foundation for a Work Zone Program at EFLHD 

      Ramos Reyes, Isbel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      This article summarizes the findings of a project with the goal to improve work zone practices at the Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division. A gap analysis was conducted reviewing current practices and procedures to ...

    • Automobile Cabin Water Leak Resolution 

      Ortiz Sánchez, Jean (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      An automobile manufacturing company is concerned with the recurring number of claims for repairs on their vehicles. Customer satisfaction is down, because of water leaks inside their vehicles through the roof antenna hole. ...

    • Analyzing the Contingency Reserve for DHS Cybersecurity Acquisitions Programs 

      Piazza Ramos, Jean Paul (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 ...

    • United States Navy Force Projection Improvement Project 

      Olivera Ortiz, Ramon Luis (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      An increase presence of US Navy ships is required in the Pacific Theater to maintain stability in the region. The increase of operating time at sea for the ships increases the time required for maintenance and repairs ...

    • Idle Time Reduction in Formulation Room 

      Berríos Colón, Mitchelle (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The Amgen Manufacturing Limited formulation room was impacted by the increase of forecasted variable demand for 2019 and 2020. During the evaluation it was found that decreases in demand for certain months caused an increase ...

    • Improving the performance of the United States Department of Defense workforce by defining and solving organizational problems 

      Diaz Colon, Marioly (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 ...

    • First Pass Yield Improvement on Casting Cell Using DMAIC Methodology 

      Luis Peña Méndez (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      This research project was focused in the First Pass Yield improvement in a cell of a Medical Device Company. In order to improve the first pass yield, the DMAIC methodology was used. This research contributed to improve ...

    • Orion’s Force Class Ship 

      Báez Medina, Liz Marie (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The United States Navy (hereinafter referred to as Navy) submitted a request for proposals (RFP) for a new class of surface ships titled Force Class Ship. Orion Industries submitted a proposal for their design which they ...

    • Cross-Functional Teaming and Eradication of “Stove Piping” in Government Acquisition 

      Ortiz Martinez, José Orlando (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Throughout the years, Government Acquisition has been affected by a situation called “Stove piping”, which restricts the flow of information and channels it through vertical lines of control. This results in duplication ...

    • Mejoras en el proceso de asignación de fondos 

      Correa Medina, Jimmy R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      El proyecto presentado muestra el problema existente para los clientes en recibir fondos para la reparación de todas sus instalaciones dañadas. En el mismo se puede entender cuál es el objetivo principal que es lograr ...

    • Mejoramiento del proceso de estudios de campo e instalaciones 

      Ramos Sanabria, Héctor L. (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 ...

    • Optimization of the Receiving Request Process for Jurisdiction and Classification 

      Rosado Seguinot, Ernesto (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The purpose of the project is the centralization of jurisdiction and classification (JC) of commodities and technology in a single unit for the entire Pratt & Whitney organization, as well as to unify and standardize the ...

    • Reduction of Lighting Energy Consumption by 25% Site Wide 

      Ramos Betancourt, Alberto C. (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 ...

    • Improvement of Operational Controls to Prevent Avoidable Legal Compliance Situations which could Adversely Impact Company Performance 

      Suarez, Omar (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      Ineffective organizational controls could result in a variety of unexpected consequences for an organization as they could contribute to unclear direction and insufficient control mechanisms. The efforts of this project ...