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Increasing Production Capacity At A Start Up Biomedical Company, Traci J. Otsuji
Increasing Production Capacity At A Start Up Biomedical Company, Traci J. Otsuji
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
The following senior project was first introduced during a summer internship at a biomedical company called Asthmatx Inc. Asthmatx is responsible for the development and manufacturing of a catheter‐based device for moderate to severe cases of asthma. Upon the approval of FDA, Asthmatx had planned to ramp up their production capacity significantly in order to accommodate the potential growth.
The first step in the process improvement was a facility reconfiguration that involved the adjustment of process sequencing and the implementation of ergonomic catheter channels. Next, time studies were conducted to gain more accurate time standards of the production process. After …