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Improving the performance of the United States Department of Defense workforce by defining and solving organizational problems
(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 ...
Idle Time Reduction in Formulation Room
(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 ...
First Pass Yield Improvement on Casting Cell Using DMAIC Methodology
(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 ...
United States Navy Force Projection Improvement Project
(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 ...
Minimizing Employee Turnover
(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 ...
Engineers in the Procurement Process at NASA
(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 ...
SharePoint Transition: From an Isolated Hierarchical Network Structure to a Collaborative Web-Based Repository Environment
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
Documents findability, file duplication and redundancy, versioning issues, lack of structure standardization, non-standard file/folder
naming conventions, limited information categories, and reduced security are problems ...
Incrementando Ganancias en Corto Plazo
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
Para este proyecto se escogió un problema actual en una compañía de consultoría de ingenieros. Basándose en las pérdidas de varios proyectos, se vieron en la obligación de buscar una solución al estancamiento de pérdidas ...
Analyzing the Contingency Reserve for DHS Cybersecurity Acquisitions Programs
(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 ...
Transitioning from a Waterfall to an Agile Software Development Cycle
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
Popular Inc Software Development Cycle is under the Waterfall methodology, resulting in longer periods for delivery of solutions and unsatisfied stakeholders. The project focuses on implementing the first project in Popular ...