| dc.rights.license | All rights reserved | en_US |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Morales, José A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Medina Chaparro, Emely Y. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-26T11:53:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-26T11:53:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Medina Chaparro, E. Y. (2018). Medical device manufacturing area waste elimination and efficiency mprovements project [Unpublished manuscript]. Graduate School, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12475/221 | |
| dc.description | Design Project Article for the Graduate Programs at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This project describes a process for
waste elimination and efficiency improvements in a
manufacturing area at a medical device company.
It uses the DMAIC methodology for the
development of the improvements. Throughout the
elaboration of the project, there were different
Lean tools applied. These tools supported the
understanding of the current state of the area, the
identification of non-value added activities and the
generation of the future state. As a result of this
project, wastes such as over processing, inventory,
motion, transportation, among others were
eliminated, resulting in a 24% increase in
productivity. In addition, lead time of the product
and traveled distance required to manufacture it
were improved by 80%. The results of this project
contributed in over $200k savings to the company,
in addition to having a positive impact in the
performance metrics of the device manufacturing
area.
Key Terms - DMAIC, Efficiency, Medical
Device, Waste Elimination. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Manufacturing Competitiveness | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Winter-2018 | |
| dc.relation.haspart | San Juan Campus | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Plant layout | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Medical instruments and apparatus | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Waste minimization | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico--Graduate students--Research | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico--Graduate students--Posters | |
| dc.title | Medical Device Manufacturing Area Waste Elimination and Efficiency Improvements Project | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Graduate School | en_US |
