• Implementación de Lean y Seis Sigma para mejorar una celda de producción de neuroestimuladores 

      Portes Viola, Ronal (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2020)
      En el presente artículo se aborda un problema de una empresa de la industria de dispositivos médicos en República Dominicana que necesita aumentar el “throughput” de una línea de producción de neuroestimuladores en al menos ...
    • Implementación de Línea de Fabricación de Lentes Intraoculares 

      Negrón Irizarry, Elsivette (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      El aumento en la demanda de lentes intraoculares ha causado la necesidad de implementar una nueva línea de fabricación de dicho producto en la fábrica FX en Yauco, Puerto Rico. Esto se hizo con el fin de brindarle apoyo ...
    • Implementación de Mantenimiento Predictivo en Johnson & Johnson Utilizando el Método de Análisis de Vibraciones 

      Hernández Franco, Eduardo R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      Johnson & Johnson pierde millones de dólares cada año en reparaciones de equipos sofisticados de producción de tabletas. Los costos operacionales, por causa de equipos que fallan inesperadamente, han sido un impacto económico ...
    • Implementación de sistema de control de inventario con RFID 

      Rodríguez Chinea, Nergielys (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)
      En una compañía de implementación de sistemas y venta de equipos, como impresoras y dispositivos portátiles para logísticas entre otros, requiere como parte de su reestructuración contar con un sistema de control de ...
    • Implementación de un sistema costo-beneficio en un programa de vacunación 

      Alvarado Maldonado, Saúl (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Vacunas Bright Center es un centro de vacunación con dos localidades que trabaja un promedio de 200 vacunaciones externas al año. Se identificó un problema financiero de la compañía donde no existe una herramienta que ...
    • Implementación del Uso de la Tecnología en la Educación 

      Ramírez Sánchez, Frances M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      En este proyecto se pretende implementar el uso de la tecnología en el salón de clases para lograr una mejora en el aprovechamiento académico de los estudiantes del Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico. La tecnología ...
    • Implementation of Component Relife Process for EEE Parts to Manage Obsolescence in Aerospace Company AEX 

      Feliciano Ruiz, Kristal M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)
      The aerospace industry is a subsector of the defense industry that is fast growing and constantly evolving. One of the challenges faced in this industry is the obsolescence of electrical, electronic, and electromechanical ...
    • Implementation of Quality Control in a New Product for Aerospace Industry 

      Ortiz, Carlos J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)
      Aerospace Industry provides products to P&W. Now they are providing a new product, a Thermal Management System. Since it is a new product, it needs a Quality Assessment to ensure that Aerospace Industry provides defects-free ...
    • Implementing incentives programs to encourage right sizing 

      Mojica Negrón, Keylian (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      Not understanding employee capacity and productivity represents a problem in the banking corporation when management wants to make the right decisions at the right time. The root causes of this are the lack of knowledge ...
    • Importance of Employee’s Satisfaction 

      Perez Rivera, Eduardo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)
      A high employee’s turnover can be a hard blow to a business, because after investing money and time in a single or a group of employees, very often they end up jumping to another company. The main cause of this is the ...
    • Improve Conformal Coat On-Time Delivery 

      Wolf, Tamarys (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      The Conformal Coat area throughput time is 37 hours on average when their limit established by the business is 24 hours. This low performance is negatively impacting the on-time delivery metric for internal and external ...
    • 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 ...
    • Improvement and automation of functional readiness review presentations for an engine program 

      Serrano, Luis E. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)
      The purpose of this project is to automate the generation of the Functional Readiness Reviews (FRR) presentations for the Pratt & Whitney modeling group’s validation of the State Variable Model for engine control systems. ...
    • Improvement and Integration in High Efficiency Equipment to Reduce Energy Cost 

      Padilla García, Jose A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)
      The application of improved models of energy management is vital, because it generates continuous improvement, optimizes energy efficient and strengthens the culture of preservation. Incorporating Energy Efficiency aims ...
    • Improvement in the Army’s Support Storage Activity 

      Rivera, Juan A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)
      The lack of efficiency in the turn-in and shipping sections are some of the issues that are affecting the fiscal budget of the Army’s Support Storage Activity (SSA) in Ft. Buchanan. The main causes of these problems are ...
    • Improvement of acquisition strategies and employee satisfaction between multiple companies 

      Rosado, Rebecca (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      In the United States, various mergers especially those with engineering applications, have been notoriously unsuccessful compared to other industries. The purpose of this project is to eradicate two of the most common ...
    • Improvement of Certification Review Documents Process 

      Cruz Martinez, Sheila (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      The purpose of this project was to improve the Certification Documents Review Process for the Certification Software Release Reports. The process performed by Pratt and Whitney’s Next Generation Product Family group is ...
    • Improvement of Kanban Inventory System Management 

      Acevedo Ramos, Jenmarie F. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      An increase in scrap of Kanban inventory has been reported in a medical device company. The main causes of the reported condition are the lack of visibility of inventory levels and inadequate execution of firs-in-first-out ...
    • Improvement of Manufacturing Line Fill Rate 

      Gierbolini Velazquez, Hector R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Poor fill rates at manufacturing line for models 5038 and 4968 are problems that affected the cost metrics due to overtime and unsatisfaction of our patients around the world. The main cause of this problem is high lead ...
    • 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 ...