RS 560 Training Seminar
Fundamentals of Design for Reliability
RS 560 provides an overview of the entire set of methods and tools
that support Design for Reliability (DFR) initiatives from the initial
concept through production. Topics include reliability goals, identifying
critical items, quantifying and improving reliability and monitoring
performance in the field.
The course will facilitate a basic understanding of the methods,
terms and metrics used in reliability, when to apply particular tools
during the product development life cycle and the associated benefits
and drawbacks of each:
- For managers, this overview can contribute to your efforts to
build an effective reliability culture within the organization and
help to determine what needs to be added or improved in your DFR
initiative.
- For practitioners, this course can help you to evaluate your
strengths in each methodology, which will serve as a guide for any
additional skills you may need to acquire or augment.
Course Outline
Introduction to DFR
Basic Reliability Mathematics
- Basic Probability Concepts and Probability Distributions
- Principles of Life Data Analysis
- Explanation of Confidence Intervals
- Basics of System Reliability Analysis
Define Reliability Goals/Targets
- Establishing System Level Reliability Requirements/Goals
- Allocating Reliability Requirements/Goals
- Understanding and Quantifying End-user Environmental / Usage
Conditions
Identify "Critical to Reliability" Items
- Identifying Key Reliability Risks
- Computing Baseline Reliability Performance (predicted or measured)
- Performing Functional Analysis on Key Risks
Analyze and Assess Reliability
- Using FMEAs on Key Reliability Risks
- Overview of Design Review Based on Failure Modes (DRBFM)
- Using Physics of Failure for Reliability Predictions and System
Modeling
- Establishing a Reliability Improvement Plan
Quantify and Improve Reliability
- Design of Experiments (DOE)
- Test Designs/Plans
- HALT/HASS (Qualitative ALT)
- Failure (Root Cause) Analysis
- Design Review Based on Test Results (DRBTR)
- Life Data Analysis
- Accelerated Life Testing (Quantitative ALT)
- System Reliability Analysis and Modeling (RBD, FTA)
- Reliability Growth
- Supplier Reliability
Validate Reliability
- Reliability Demonstration Test Design
- Field Reliability Predictions (Warranty Predictions)
- Achieved Reliability Performance
- Volume Manufacturing and/or Supplier Control Plan
Monitor and Control Reliability
- Factory Audit (Reliability QA)
- Warranty Forecasting and Analysis
- FRACAS
- Communicate, Update and Maintain Knowledge Items