Design Project Articles Master Degree: Recent submissions

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    • Eco-Premia: Plan de Reciclaje Alternativo en Puerto Rico 

      Ortiz Vázquez, Braulio (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Uno de los grandes retos que presenta un plan de reciclaje es aumentar los recaudos de desperdicios sólidos. Este artículo se propone a presentar un plan de reciclaje complementario para lograr aumentar los recaudos de ...

    • Consideraciones Económicas al Momento de Realizar un Re-proceso o El Desecho de un Lote 

      Strubbe Marin, Axel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Toda industria que manufacture un producto que vaya dirigido al cliente debe cumplir con unas especificaciones en particular. Si ese producto no cumple con estas especificaciones es considerado no conforme. El costo que ...

    • Plan Estratégico de Ventas de Piezas y Equipos para una Compañía 

      Miranda Santiago, Angel R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      El propósito de este artículo es demostrar la importancia de las ventas en un lugar de trabajo. Como parte de esto se presenta un ejemplo de una compañía la cual su meta principal es lograr ventas día tras día. Además ...

    • New Maintenance and Engineering Division to improve growth and profits of the Matrix Company 

      Berríos Rodriguez, Alberto (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Purification of water has been an important activity for beverage companies. There are plenty of different ways adopted to purify the water and chemical is an essence in each way. In this project, the highlighted issues ...

    • Maintenance Stream Process for Pont Airlines Engine Fleet 

      Solá Aponte, Yanira (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      Starting in 2020, the new Alpha engines of the Pont Airlines will enter into maintenance. One of the facilities has been used as variable control for areas of opportunity in the following areas: maintenance procedures, ...

    • The Feasibility of Installing a Green Roof System to Mitigate Large Water Runoff 

      Seda Vélez, Xamarah (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      The purpose of this project is to determine if it is economically and physically feasible to install a water management system that will help solve the flooding problem that the educational institution XYZ has been ...

    • Engine Instrumentation Database Optimization 

      Torres, Wilson A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      This paper examines the turnaround time of a database task in a company at Puerto Rico. The main purpose of the paper is identifying the main problems in order to reduce turnaround time on the delivery of a specific task. ...

    • Reliability Excellence in Utilities 

      Rivera, Waldemar (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      The Reliability Excellence tools and methods are explained through this paper providing an effective understanding on how to apply it in different areas such as: utilities, facilities and manufacturing. Using the Reliability ...

    • Aumentar la Productividad y las Ventas de la Gomera Rivera 

      Velázquez Badillo, Tatiana (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      La Gomera Rivera en San Sebastián tenía problemas en cuanto a la cantidad de clientes, productividad de los empleados y tiempo de espera de los clientes. Además tenía muy poca mercancía y no era muy conocida por el tiempo ...

    • 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 ...

    • Reducción de Desperdicios en el Proceso de Manufactura 

      Borges Saavedra, Stephanie (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      La compañía X produce empaques para el área de la salud. La misma produce un alto volumen de desperdicios en el área de flexografía. La metodología utilizada para el desarrollo del proyecto fue DMAIC. En la primera fase, ...

    • 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 ...

    • Automatic Syringe Mechanical Power Transmission Improvements 

      Mateo De La Rosa, Ruddy A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      A company that manufactures medical devices, and which is located in the south of Puerto Rico, is presenting problems in a high-speed automatic syringe inspection line. The syringes are transported through conveyor lines ...

    • Electronic Signatures on Approval Documents for Construction Contracts 

      Pinto, Natashia (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      The current process for approvals required by management for bid lists and for contract awards of Engineering and Construction Services (E&CS) Projects for Southern Company requires manual signatures. This delays the ...

    • Improving On-time Commitment Performance 

      Nunez Velez, Luis A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      To improve the on-time commitment performance of organization XYZ, the current commitment process was evaluated. The methodology to improve the commitment process was broken down into five steps: (1) Assigning an engineer; ...

    • Cambiando culturas para lograr objetivos organizacionales 

      Gutiérrez, Luis O. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      Este artículo tiene como objetivo principal educar a la población interesada en el tema sobre la cultura organizacional, crear conciencia sobre la importancia en mantener una cultura saludable y su relación directa con ...

    • 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 ...

    • Mejorar la Motivación en el Ambiente Laboral 

      Santana, Kayra M. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      La falta de motivación en los empleados es un problema que está afectando el rendimiento en muchas compañías. Hay muchos factores, tales como falta de recursos al momento de realizar labores, mala comunicación con ...

    • Estación de Bombeo y Tanque de Reserva de Walcrest 

      Pérez Salcedo, Karen (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      La compañía de construcción Webber LLC, proyectó en agosto de 2017 una pérdida de $4.6 millones en uno de sus proyectos en la ciudad de Dallas, Texas. El proyecto de construcción consiste en la renovación de una estación ...

    • Development, Assignment and Control of Technical Work 

      Toledo, Jose F. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)
      The Development, Assignment and Control of Technical Work is a management system used in any organization as a standard operating procedure. The procedure will support the engineering manager, while mitigating the organization ...