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Definition and deployment of quality tools for quality and uptime improvement in a manufacturing environment

dc.contributor.advisor Resto Batalla, Pedro
dc.contributor.author Galán Arzola, Karina
dc.contributor.college College of Engineering en_US
dc.contributor.committee Bartolomei Suárez, Sonia
dc.contributor.committee González Barreto, David
dc.contributor.department Department of Industrial Engineering en_US
dc.contributor.representative Rivera Betancourt, Loida
dc.date.accessioned 2018-11-28T17:10:51Z
dc.date.available 2018-11-28T17:10:51Z
dc.date.issued 2006
dc.description.abstract In order to be able to prevail nowadays all companies must have knowledge of the new technologies and advances that arise daily, specially the manufacturing sector regulated by the FDA. As result of this, companies need to continuously review and renew their processes and products. The work presented in this thesis was done in the division of Baxter, Maricao. Three studies were made in which different quality strategies were used to obtain improvements in the processes. The initiative includes different processes within the plant: (i) improvements to an existing manufacturing process, (ii) development of a new process and (iii) development of a model in which the quality-manufacture-engineering functions work effectively in process changes. The work completed goes in parallel with new initiatives (CGMP's) proposed by the FDA which promote a complete knowledge of all the aspects of the process or product as well as using technologies to monitor quality within the process. en_US
dc.description.abstract Para poder triunfar en la actualidad toda empresa debe de estar al tanto de las nuevas tecnologías y avances que surgen diariamente, especialmente el sector regulado por el FDA. Como resultado de esto, las empresas necesitan revisar y renovar sus procesos y productos continuamente. El trabajo presentado en esta tesis fue realizado en la división de Baxter, Maricao. Se realizaron tres estudios en donde se utilizaron diferentes estrategias de calidad para obtener mejoras en los procesos. La iniciativa abarca diferentes procesos dentro de la planta: (i) mejoras a un proceso de manufactura existente, (ii) desarrollo de un nuevo proceso y (iii) desarrollo de un modelo en el cual las funciones de calidad-manufactura-ingeniería trabajen efectivamente en los procesos de cambios. Los trabajos realizados van en paralelo con nuevas iniciativas (CGMP’s) propuestas por el FDA las cuales promueven un conocimiento total de todos los aspectos del proceso o producto y el utilizar nuevas tecnología para monitorear la calidad dentro del proceso. en_US
dc.description.graduationYear 2006 en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Baxter facility at Maricao en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/1523
dc.language.iso English en_US
dc.rights.holder (c) 2006 Karina Galán Arzola en_US
dc.rights.license All rights reserved en_US
dc.subject Quality strategies en
dc.subject Manufacturing process en
dc.subject Quality-manufacture-engineering en
dc.title Definition and deployment of quality tools for quality and uptime improvement in a manufacturing environment en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dspace.entity.type Publication
thesis.degree.discipline Industrial Engineering en_US
thesis.degree.level M.S. en_US
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