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dc.rights.licenseAll rights reserveden_US
dc.contributor.advisorNieves Castro, Rafael A.
dc.contributor.authorSantiago Nieves, Igmel
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-16T18:57:00Z
dc.date.available2020-09-16T18:57:00Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationSantiago Nieves, I. (2015). Cost reduction in the accumulator process in welding operations [Unpublished manuscript]. Graduate School, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12475/671
dc.descriptionDesign Project Article for the Graduate Programs at Polytechnic University of Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.description.abstractFor the last few weeks, the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning manufacturing company Thermo King Arecibo has been increasing the operational cost due to leak problems on the accumulator area in the welding department. The purpose of this project is to find the root cause of the problem causing this increase in defects in order to reduce budgeted cost while maintaining compliance with ISO regulation. Under this panorama the welding department of Thermo King Arecibo determines to look into the process using concept that combined Lean manufacturing techniques and Six Sigma tools and strategies. This Lean Six Sigma Methodology focused on business and process improvements based on decrease of process variation, waste elimination, process improvement and customer satisfaction. This project has been developed under the Lean Six Sigma principles and using DMAIC five-step approach, in order to identify opportunities to enable the company to reduce overall cost and gain efficiencies and breakthrough the welding department operation cost. The plan implementation helped reduce waste by 6.0%, resulting in a saving of more than $3,259.64 per month. As part of the implementation sustainability, a sheet maintenance schedule (SMS) for the robot was created in order to minimize leaks defects due to poor maintenance of the robot. Key words: Accumulator, Lean, Waste, Welding.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPolytechnic University of Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.relation.ispartofManufacturing Engineering;
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSpring-2015;
dc.relation.haspartSan Juanen_US
dc.subject.lcshCost controlen_US
dc.subject.lcshWelding industry
dc.subject.lcshPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico--Graduate students--Research
dc.titleCost Reduction in the Accumulator Process in Welding Operationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.holderPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Graduate Schoolen_US


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