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Issue 84,
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Introduction to Design of Experiments (DOE)
DOE is an essential piece of the reliability program pie. It
plays an important role in Design for Reliability (DFR)
programs, allowing the simultaneous investigation of the effects
of various factors and thereby facilitating design optimization.
This article introduces the concept of DOE. Future articles will
cover more DOE fundamentals in addition to applications and
discussion of DOE analyses accomplished with a
soon-to-be-introduced ReliaSoft software product!To read
more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue84/hottopics84.htm
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Reliability Basics |
Software Reliability Growth Modeling Using the
Standard and Modified Gompertz Models
Software reliability modeling and prediction during
product development is an area of reliability that is getting
more focus from software developers. The use of software
reliability growth models plays an important role in measuring
improvements, achieving effective and efficient test/debug
scheduling during the course of a software development project,
determining when to release a product or estimating the number
of service releases required after release to reach a
reliability goal. Many new trends in software development
process standardization, in addition to established ones,
emphasize the need for statistical metrics in monitoring
reliability and quality improvements. In this article, we
investigate the standard Gompertz and modified Gompertz models
and show their applications in modeling software reliability
growth using
RGA 6.To read
more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue84/relbasics84.htm
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Tool Tips |
- When creating a status in
XFRACAS, how can I determine who the notification e-mail
will go to?
- Can I create custom
reports in Xfmea/RCM++?
To read more, see
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Hot News |
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Accolades at RAMS 2008 - This year proved to
be a great success for many engineers at the Annual
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium held in Las
Vegas last month. We are honored to recognize two
ReliaSoft professionals for the awards they received
during the week:
Alan Plait Tutorial
Winner:
LESSONS LEARNED
FOR EFFECTIVE FMEAS
Carl S. Carlson, ReliaSoft Corporation
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis can be a powerful
reliability tool for reducing product design and
manufacturing risks, yet it often falls far short of
this objective. This tutorial examined lessons learned
from industry, including right and wrong to do FMEAs.
Attendees learned how to achieve effective results with
their individual FMEAs and how to implement an effective
FMEA process.
Best Paper Award
from the Society of Reliability Engineers (SRE):
ON DETERMINING SAMPLE
SIZE AND TESTING DURATION OF REPAIRABLE SYSTEM TEST
Huairui Guo, PhD, ReliaSoft Corporation and Rong Pan,
PhD, Arizona State University
This paper presented a methodology for constructing
reliability tests for repairable systems.
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Certified Reliability Professional (CRP) program
- ReliaSoft's Certified Reliability Professional (CRP)
program has been designed to distinguish professionals
who have gained and successfully demonstrated
unquestionable expertise in the field of Reliability
Engineering. To achieve certification, candidates must
complete a series of training courses focused on
important reliability engineering topics, successfully
apply the learned body of knowledge in the workplace and
publicly present this expertise in an industry
conference or journal. For more information, see
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Industrial Engineering Professor Honored
Edward A. Pohl, associate professor in industrial
engineering at the University of Arkansas and
co-organizer of a major
ReliaSoft contribution to this engineering
department, was named as the second recipient of the
John L. Imhoff Chair in Industrial Engineering at a
recognition ceremony on January 18th. The John L. Imhoff
Chair in Industrial Engineering is used to attract and
retain faculty members who share Imhoff's vision for
global cooperation and understanding, excellence in
teaching and research, and commitment to the success of
students. Congratulations, Prof. Pohl! The official
press release is located here:
http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/12114.htm. |
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ARS 2008 Sponsorship Is your company proud
of its products and commitment to reliability
engineering? Now is the time to let the engineering
community know it. Sponsorship opportunities are
currently available for both the
ARS Golf Outing and the official
International Applied Reliability Symposium during
the week of June 16 - 20, 2008 in Reno, Nevada.
Sponsorship packages include complimentary event
registrations for your VIPs, targeted visibility and a
cost-effective way to remind attendees that your
organization is dedicated to quality and reliability.
Equal opportunity is available to large and small
companies alike. Send a quick message to
Info@ARSymposium.org if you are interested in
benefiting your company, customers and the engineering
team with this simple solution. |
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Upcoming Public
Training Event Calendar |
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February 2008 |
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February 20 - 22, 2008:
RS 560 Introduction to
Design for Reliability
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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February 25 - 29, 2008:
MSMT Foundations
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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March 2008 |
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March 10 - 14, 2008:
MSMT Foundations
in
Singapore |
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March 17 - 19, 2008:
RS 522 Advanced System
Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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March 20 - 21, 2008:
RS 470 FMEA/FMECA
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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March 26 - 28, 2008:
International Applied
Reliability Symposium
in
Frankfurt, Germany |
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March 31 - April 2, 2008:
RS 521 Advanced QALT
in
Frankfurt, Germany |
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April 2008 |
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April 14 - 15, 2008:
RS 480 Reliability
Centered Maintenance
in
Warsaw, Poland |
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April 17 - 18, 2008:
International Applied
Reliability Symposium
in
Chennai, India |
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April 21 - 25, 2008:
MSMT Foundations
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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April 23 - 25, 2008:
RS 521 Advanced QALT
in
Singapore |
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