• Time Cycle Reduction of the Scrap Process in a Medical Device Company 

      González Martínez, Aurelix (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2011)
      As part of an assessment performed for continuous improvement it was identified that the Nonconformance (NC) Timeline metric shows 23% over the goal of 30 days closure. From the list of NC Reports (NCR) impacting this ...
    • Validation of a New Procedure for a Pacemaker Component 

      Farahmand, Marguerite (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      Abstract - Company X manufactures pacemakers in Puerto Rico. Over the past years, Company X has been having a significant amount of complaints due to the septum component contained in its pacemakers. Doctors have claimed ...