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Incoming raw material receiving optimization
(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 ...
US Army Distributed Simulation Capabilities
(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 ...
Zero Waiting Time at the Emergency Room
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
Long waiting times at the Emergency Rooms are a problem that affects every hospital in Puerto Rico. The main causes of this problem are the lack of patients understanding the purpose of the ER and the inefficient use of ...
Automation of Guidewire Packaging Lines at ABBOTT Laboratories Vascular Division
(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 ...
Improve Major Changeover Procedure in MK0431AR Coating Area
(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 ...
Improving Medical Devices Manufacturing – From the Push system to the Pull system
(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 ...
Toxoplasma IgG Quality Control Testing Optimization
(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 ...
Propuesta de mejora de abastecimiento, gestión de inventario y procesos operativos del almacén de materiales de empaque en César Iglesias, S.A.
(Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2020)
La falta de espacio y grandes cantidades de materiales en el Almacén de Empaques en César Iglesias S.A. son un problema importante para la Dirección de Cadena de Suministro. Algunas de las causas principales es la falta ...
Implementación de Lean y Seis Sigma para mejorar una celda de producción de neuroestimuladores
(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 ...
Tiempo proyectado para la construcción residencia familiar Mariela
(Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2020)
Este proyecto busca reducir un 20% el tiempo proyectado en la construcción de una casa de un nivel con 138 m2, el cual no tiene un cronograma de trabajo. Se utilizó la técnica de revisión y evaluación de programa y el ...