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Hot Topics |
Enterprise Level Management of FMEAs — A Fictional
Case Study
Waloddi Corporation is a mid-sized company that
designs and manufactures small electrical vehicles for
use in indoor environments, such as airports and stadiums. After the recent economic downturn,
this year has started to look very promising for Waloddi.
One of the lessons learned from
previous products is the need for a greater focus on
reliability, which is considered to be the key for
increasing and sustaining their market share. The
warranty costs from field failures have been far beyond
their targets, and there has been no process in place
to incorporate lessons learned from the field and drive
reliability through the design. With these factors in
mind, Waloddi’s management made the decision: They would no longer
be putting out fires, but would instead focus on prevention
of failures and build a reliability culture in their
organization. One of the analyses that they
realized they needed to integrate more fully in the process was the
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA). After attending ReliaSoft’s
Effective FMEA
training seminar series, they decided to organize their
FMEA process with ReliaSoft’s brand
new release of Xfmea 5
software,
using an Enterprise license.
This article discusses the factors underlying their
decision and demonstrates their
implementation and
customization of the software.To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue111/hottopics111.htm
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Reliability Basics |
Risk Discovery Analysis in Xfmea 5
One of the most important tasks during a Design For Reliability (DFR) process is to perform Design FMEAs for critical systems, subsystems and
components. Although it is ideal to be able to perform FMEAs for all items, few, if any, organizations can afford the time and effort it takes to do everything in a linear fashion.
One of the quality characteristics of successful FMEAs is that the team focuses on high-risk items first. This enables the team to place the highest priority on issues that are
really important to address, and leave lower-risk items for later, or even ignore items that the team does not think are worth putting any further effort into investigating. Various methods
(such as a preliminary risk assessment or change point analysis) can be used to choose which analyses will be performed and at what level of detail. In
this article, we will present the new Risk Discovery analysis functionality in Xfmea 5 and explain how it can help an FMEA team achieve their objectives.To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue111/relbasics111.htm
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Tool Tips |
- What
is the difference between Taguchi orthogonal array
designs and Taguchi robust designs in
DOE++?
- How
can I find out when ReliaSoft has issued a free Service Release?
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue111/tooltips111.htm
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Latest Software Updates |
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Xfmea 5 and RCM++ 5 have been released!
More Software Downloads...
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Hot News |
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ReliaSoft’s President
& CEO Recognized by IEST! - Pantelis
Vassiliou, ReliaSoft's President & CEO, received
the 2010 IEST Reliability Test & Evaluation
Award "for his vision and outstanding
contributions to the reliability and test
communities in driving the development of a
reliability analysis tool set that
comprehensively integrates the reliability
sciences with accelerated test technology."
Congratulations, Pantelis! For more information
on the Institute of Environmental Sciences and
Technology (IEST), please visit
http://www.iest.org. |
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Xfmea 5 & RCM++
5 Officially Released! - We are
pleased to announce the availability of the
much-anticipated new versions of
Xfmea
and RCM++.
For a quick overview of what's new in version
5, including major new features,
enhancements and usability improvements, please
visit
http://www.ReliaSoft.com/media/050310_xfmea.htm
and
http://www.ReliaSoft.com/media/050310_rcm.htm. You can
review more detailed information about Xfmea
5 and RCM++ 5
on our product pages at
http://www.ReliaSoft.com/products.htm, where
you will also find links to demonstration
software.
Note: Customers who are eligible for the
Xfmea or RCM++ upgrade due to active
annual maintenance agreements will automatically
receive their copy either electronically or
physically within the next two weeks. Please
contact your local ReliaSoft office or
authorized distributor (http://www.ReliaSoft.com/contact.htm)
with any questions. |
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2010 ARS North
America - Excitement is mounting as
we enter the final 6-week stretch leading to
our biggest annual event here in the United
States. We are looking forward to seeing you at
the
Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada from
June 15 - 17, 2010 for this year's
International Applied Reliability Symposium
(ARS), North America. This conference is attended by
reliability and maintainability experts,
practitioners and students alike who all share
one common bond: a passionate desire to solve
real-world problems through engineering
disciplines. If that describes you, then ARS is
just the place to find practical,
results-oriented presentations and tutorials
conducted by experts
who have been in the trenches and can relate to
the challenges you face every day. Complete details
about ARS, including the program matrix, venue
and online registration are available at
http://www.ARSymposium.org/northamerica/index.htm. |
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Air Force
Approved - After performing rigorous
software testing and evaluation, the Air Force
Network Integration Center (AFNIC) has approved
the use of
BlockSim,
Weibull++ and
RGA
for use on Air Force computers and networks
under the Air Force Evaluated/Approved
Product List (AF E/APL). This approval will
facilitate purchases of these software tools by
any Air Force personnel and also demonstrates
ReliaSoft's commitment to quality assurance
practices that other organizations can benefit
from as well. |
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Seminar
Highlight - Design of Experiments
(DOE) is an essential part of any reliability
program and plays a particularly critical role
in Design for Reliability (DFR). Drawing the
right conclusions from experiments is key to
making the best decisions. Poorly designed
experiments yield potentially misleading
results, which can have devastating and
far-reaching consequences. Learning how to
structure experiments to get meaningful results
is therefore well worth the investment of time
and funds. This summer's RS 588 DOE:
Experiment Design and Analysis seminar (June
1 – 3 in Tucson, Arizona) is
broad enough to provide novices with a solid
understanding of DOE methods, while offering
more experienced practitioners a powerful
refresher in advanced DOE topics. More
information is available online at
http://www.ReliaSoft.com/seminars/gencourses/rs588.htm. |
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Upcoming
Public Training Event Calendar |
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May 2010 |
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May 24 - 28, 2010:
MSMT Foundations
in
Hong Kong |
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June 2010 |
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June 1 - 3, 2010:
RS 588 DOE: Experiment Design
and Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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June 7 - 9, 2010:
RS 560 Fundamentals of Design
for Reliability
in
Pune, India |
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June 14 - 18, 2010:
RS 540 Reliability and
Maintainability Analysis for
Repairable Systems
in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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June 15 - 17, 2010:
International Applied
Reliability Symposium
in
Reno, Nevada |
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June 21 - 25, 2010:
MSMT Foundations
in
Bologna, Italy |
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July
2010 |
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July 12 - 16, 2010:
RS 540 Reliability and
Maintainability Analysis for
Repairable Systems
in
Melbourne, Australia |
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