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Using FMEA Templates to Speed Up and Improve the Quality of FMEA or
RCM Analyses
When used properly as a brainstorming tool,
FMEA Templates can be very effective to reduce the time required to perform
an FMEA or RCM analysis. In addition, they can provide an arguably even more
important benefit by helping to improve the depth and quality of the
analysis to better facilitate decision-making. This article describes how
FMEA Templates can be used to speed up and improve the quality of an FMEA or
RCM analysis and presents a brief summary of the ways that ReliaSoft’s
Xfmea,
RCM++ and/or
FMEA Accelerator® products can be used to support such
analysis techniques.
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Restoration Factors in
BlockSim
In repairable system maintainability and availability analysis using
ReliaSoft's BlockSim software, the user is given the option to specify a
restoration factor that describes the percentage to
which a component will be restored after the maintenance action has been
performed (repair effectiveness). This provides the ability to model maintenance using "used parts"
or imperfect maintenance. This article presents a brief explanation of the
two types of restoration factor available for use.
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue77/relbasics77.htm
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BlockSim
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Hot News |
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ARS 2007
Reliability Leadership Award – As part of the Applied
Reliability Symposium held last month in San Diego, CA, Mr. Sharad Kumar,
Senior Director of Systems Engineering for General Dynamics Land
Systems, was presented with a special Reliability Leadership Award for his
demonstrated leadership on the U.S. Army’s Mobile Gun System (MGS)
developed by General Dynamics. MGS is one of the platforms in the
Stryker Family of vehicles. Mr Kumar and his team, with the help of
Crow Reliability Resources and ReliaSoft Corporation, embarked on a
systems engineering approach to grow the MGS reliability by almost
an order of magnitude. The results have been truly remarkable and
the MGS will be deployed shortly, thus giving U.S. soldiers a
powerful and reliable weapon. To see photos from this year's
Symposium, please visit
http://www.ARSymposium.org/2007/pictures/index.htm.
Congratulations to Mr Sharad Kumar and the entire General
Dynamics reliability team! |
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New
Reliability Course: RS 560 Introduction to Design for Reliability
- Design for Reliability (DFR) brings
together the entire set of methods and tools that support product
and process design (during the Product Development Cycle) to ensure
customer expectations for reliability are fully met. Companies are
challenged to achieve uniformly high reliability in their product
and process designs, while at the same time meeting shorter product
development time schedules and lower budgets. This introduction to
Design for Reliability covers the entire set of tools and methods
that support DFR from concept through production. Topics include:
overview of individual DFR methods; the proper use of tools to
support DFR methods; integrating methods and tools into an effective
DFR plan; application examples; common pitfalls to avoid; key
elements of successful DFR programs, and more. For more information,
please see
http://www.ReliaSoft.com/seminars/gencourses/rs560.htm. The first class will
be offered September 5 - 7, 2007 in San Diego, CA.
Registration information is available at
http://www.ReliaSoft.org/RSSeminars/Dates.aspx. |
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San Diego
MSMT Right Around the Corner – The August 27 - 31,
2007 MSMT seminar in San Diego, California is coming up
soon. The course typically fills to capacity due to the popularity
of the course and the popularity of the destination (who can resist
San Diego in the summertime?). For those seriously
considering this event, please make your reservations early
to avoid scheduling issues. Online registration is available at
http://www.ReliaSoft.org/RSSeminars/Dates.aspx.
You can also call our toll-free
sales number: 1-888-886-0410. |
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Public
Training Event Calendar |
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July 2007 |
| July 9
- 10, 2007:
RS 401(C)
Life Data Analysis (Condensed)
in
Pune,
India |
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August 2007 |
| August
20 - 21, 2007:
RS 470
FMEA/FMECA
in
Chennai,
India |
| August
27 - 31, 2007:
MSMT
Foundations
in
San
Diego, California |
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September
2007 |
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September 3 - 7, 2007:
MSMT
Foundations
in
Warsaw,
Poland |
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September 5 - 7, 2007:
RS 560 Design for Reliability
in
San Diego, California |
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September 17 - 19, 2007:
RS 522 Advanced System Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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September 20 - 21, 2007:
RS 470
FMEA/FMECA
in
Tucson,
Arizona |
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