Design Project Articles Master Degree: Recent submissions

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    • Administrative Strategies for Small Woodwork Business: Puertas y Diseños 

      Gómez Rosario, Edna N. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      Puertas y Diseños is a woodwork business that has recently suffered financially from the deficiency of business. This paper presents the study of such woodwork business in order to provide alternatives to improve profitability. ...

    • Heat Trace Control Improvements at Appleton Group Houston Facility 

      Ramos Betancourt, Eddie A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      Heat Trace products delivery time at Appleton manufacturing company located in Houston Texas has become a problem since a year ago. The causes of this problem are components and mounting pan lead times, as well as assembly ...

    • The X Filed and Building Construction Site Approval 

      Gonzalez Rodriguez, Waleska L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The Facility Division is currently having an engineering problem considering a site approval for construction. The engineering department need to analyze two locations and determine which one is better for the construction ...

    • Identifying and Developing Potential Leaders in your Organization 

      Quiñones Santiago, Steven R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Identifying high potential employees for future leadership roles is essential for any business. If done correctly an organization can benefit with higher profits and product innovation. For this, talent farms are needed ...

    • Value Engineering: Bleed Valve Assembly Redesign 

      Santiago Rodríguez, Sheila (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The project is about a Value Engineering Event for a Bleed Valve Assembly. This valve’s function is to help the pump prime properly and remove any air trapped within the suction line. The project is carried out for the ...

    • Análisis de Sistema de energía renovable 

      Colon Rosado, Rocío Del Alba (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Se aplicó la metodología DMAIC para analizar un sistema de energía renovable probando si se encontraba en su máxima-función. Como resultado del proyecto (se analizó el funcionamiento del sistema), se supo que sí era ...

    • Outsource Component for Quality Improvements 

      Ortiz Ledée, Roberto C. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      In a medical device facility located in Puerto Rico, the process used for the manufacturing of plastic tubes was to have an inhouse extrusion machine to produce tubing of several dimensions. These tubes then follow the ...

    • Optimización del manejo de “totes” en centro de distribución 

      Poventud Miranda, Omar R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      La ineficiencia e ineficacia en los procesos dentro de los centros de distribución es un tema muy poco atendido y que impacta negativamente el costo de operaciones en la gran mayoría de los centros. Las causas principales ...

    • Reducing Scope Creeps on Emergency Relief Projects in Eastern Federal Lands Highway during the Design Stage 

      Roman Gonzalez, Katerina (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (EFLHD) has experienced significant scope creep on projects funded by the Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads (ERFO) Program. This project identifies the specific issues each ...

    • Incrementando Ganancias en Corto Plazo 

      Meléndez, Karla A. (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 ...

    • Reduction of Human Errors Investigations Related to Documentation in Manufacturing Areas 

      Joseiris Barrios Beltran (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The human error has become an issue in the pharmaceutical companies. The biggest challenges throughout times have been detection and prevention of the human errors. An example of this situation occurred in BMS, Manati ...

    • Transitioning from a Waterfall to an Agile Software Development Cycle 

      Piñero del Valle, Jesús Alberto (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 ...

    • SharePoint Transition: From an Isolated Hierarchical Network Structure to a Collaborative Web-Based Repository Environment 

      Gonzalez Nieves, Jose Julian (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 ...

    • Reducing Meeting Costs in Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division’s Project Delivery Process 

      Carreras Calderón, Victor A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Inefficiencies in the handling of meetings result in large amounts of time and money wasted every year. This project aimed at identifying strategies to improve the handling of meetings in Eastern Federal Lands Highway ...

    • Engineers in the Procurement Process at NASA 

      Alicea, Zuleimy (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 ...

    • Minimizing Employee Turnover 

      Batista Alicea, Coralys (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 ...

    • Riveter Machine Reconditioning for Output Capacity Increase 

      Porcell, Edgardo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The ability to ramp up or down production in order to quickly respond to customers’ demand is a necessity in today’s competitive lean manufacturing environments. Output capacity bottlenecks forces manufacturing plants ...

    • Manufacturing Lines Process Optimization: Tissue Cutter 

      Camacho, Gracemarie (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      A medical devices company manufactures small tissue cutters. In this process, two pieces must be welded, grinded and straightened. The tissue cutter must be grinded because of imperfections formed in the metal welded. ...

    • Balloon Final Inspection System 

      Morales Quiñones, Irvin D. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      This paper presents an innovative and automated system to improve the current inspection process of the balloon of the catheters. The human factor could affect the product quality because the operator output and accuracy ...

    • Building the foundation for a Work Zone Program at EFLHD 

      Ramos Reyes, Isbel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      This article summarizes the findings of a project with the goal to improve work zone practices at the Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division. A gap analysis was conducted reviewing current practices and procedures to ...