Browsing Design Project Articles Master Degree by Subject "Waste minimization"
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Aplicaciones de la Filosofía Lean para Optimizar la Logística en los Almacenes y Controlar los Periodos de Expiración en Productos Refrigerados
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)En el almacenamiento de productos refrigerados se tiene que mantener un alto nivel de los controles de calidad e inocuidad y estos se deben monitorear con mucho más énfasis si los productos son perecederos y van dirigidos ... -
Application of Lean Manufacturing Principle to Construction Industry
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)Waste in the construction industry has been the subject of several research projects around the world in recent years because of inefficiency. Researchers and professionals implement different methods to reduce the ... -
Construction Debris Management Plan for Sustainable Structures
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)Construction, maintenance & operations (M&O) and demolition of structures are engineering activities that could have an adverse impact to the environment when a Waste Management Plan (WMP) is not implemented before, ... -
Continuous Improvement in a Warehouse of Short Bark Industries
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)In the company Short Bark Industries is manufacturing military clothing and accessories. This company has a problem in the organization and excess inventory in the warehouse. For this they need to implement two Lean ... -
Evaluation of Reagents Used in Solution Preparation to Reduce Reworks in Research and Development Laboratories
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)Research and development laboratories are working with improvements and discovery of new drugs. As part of their activities, they need solutions such as Buffers and Mobile Phases for analytical testing. It was found ... -
Fiber Drums Reduction in Weighing & Dispensing Manufacturing Process
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)Achieving overall efficiency within the manufacturing processes is the key goal among many organizations. Reducing waste enables manufactures to save money and take production up a notch. LEAN manufacturing and DMAIC are ... -
Fill and finish Production Line End Effectors Improvements for Reducing Rejected Units due to Robot Pickup Failures
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)Since the production of parenteral is more regulated and complicated, it makes the manufacture investment cost higher in comparison with other dosage forms. As result, is important to apply lean tools in order to reduce ... -
Improving a Dialysis Center Construction Project: A Lean Perspective
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)Due to the necessity of the construction of new facilities for healthcare, the Lean tools are applied in a construction project. Specifically, in the construction of a new facilities for a dialysis center, to reduce ... -
In-process Testing Redesign in Packaging Line of Oral Solid Dosage
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)Packaging process area request to redesign the in-process testing to reduce waste and increase the efficiency during the in-process testing activities without increase in the defective unit found by Quality during their ... -
Increase of Manufacturing Line Capacity using Lean Manufacturing on a Medical Device Company
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)The competition between Medical Devices companies is increases every day. Many medical devices companies are marketing products that compete between each other. They challenged to obtain long term contracts to supply ... -
Innovation in Automated Inspections through Design for Six Sigma
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)The use of automated inspections can result in reduced customer risk due to higher defect detection, but their effectiveness can negatively impact business financials. Previous research shows that inspection methods ... -
Lean Manufacturing Applied to In-Process Protein Concentration Determination Changing the Standard UV-Spectrometer for the Solo Variable Pathlength Extinction
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)The protein concentration test is a complicated test, which requires a lot of time and materials. Currently the test is being performed using an old equipment of UV-Spectrometer Visible. In this project, the researcher ... -
Lean Manufacturing Implementation to Improve Process Capability and Performance
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)Industries has been continuously evolving with the change in tendencies and market growth of products. To be capable of maintaining the organization competitiveness, in front of an aggressive market, ... -
Lean Wastes Caused by Using Hard Copy Paper Forms on Manufacturing Processes
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)The waste caused by using paper in manufacturing is a project to identify waste costs and possible solutions. In many ublications, the objective is to demonstrate how using an electronic tool instead of printed reports has ... -
Medical Device Manufacturing Area Waste Elimination and Efficiency Improvements Project
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)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 ... -
Mejoras Al Diseño Establecido en el Proceso de Empaque para la Industria Biofarmacéutica con el fin de Minimizar Errores Humanos
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)En una línea de manufactura, el 83.3% de los operadores concuerda con que el proceso de documentación es complejo, lo que aumenta la incidencia de errores humanos. El propósito de este estudio es identificar posibles ... -
Paperless Harness/Cables Fabrication
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)This project focused on Paperless Harness/Cables Fabrication for Documentation Control in an aerospace company. Documentation control improves paperwork handling, the gathering and filling of all the documentation ... -
Reducción de Desechos de la Línea MMP
(Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, 2020)Los rechazos en la fabricación y manufactura de productos en las zonas francas son uno de los principales dolores de cabeza a la hora de ensamblar un conector eléctrico. El proyecto está enfocando en las principales ... -
Reducción de Desperdicio en el Proceso de una Pizzería
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)Este proyecto se realizó en una pequeña pizzería en el pueblo de Ponce. Como parte del proyecto se observó y evaluó el proceso operacional de este comercio. Se identificaron desperdicios definidos en el sistema de ... -
Reducción de Desperdicios en Línea de Manufactura y Determinar la Capacidad del Proceso
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)El propósito de este proyecto fue reducir los desperdicios en la línea de manufactura de filtros y determinar la capacidad de cada etapa del proceso en la línea de manufactura, la cual se compone de tres procesos ...