 |
| In this
issue: |
Issue
66, August 2006 |
|
|
Reliability HotWire is a service of ReliaSoft Corporation
To subscribe or update your e-mail preferences, go to http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/index.htm
To remove yourself from this e-mail list: Send an e-mail with the word "REMOVE" in the
subject line to HotWire@ReliaSoft.com
|
|
Hot Topics |
|
Process Variation and Capability Assessment
Competitive companies understand that
satisfying customers' needs and running a successful operation requires a
system that is dependable, predictable and consistent. Many of today’s
quality management philosophies, such as Six Sigma, focus on reducing
variations and scrap. A modern view of quality defines it as the inverse of
variability. Therefore, measuring variability and finding ways to reduce it
is important for the success of a company. This article presents a Weibull
analysis approach to modeling production data for a process in order to
assess its deviation and capabilities. This approach augments the Six
Sigma-type calculations, which typically rely on the normality assumption.
To
read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue66/hottopics66.htm
 |
| Reliability Basics |
|
Reliability Importance Measures of Components in a Complex
System - Identifying the 20% in the 80/20 Rule
When analyzing a system’s reliability and
availability, measuring the importance of components is often of significant
value in prioritizing improvement efforts, performing trade-off analysis in system
design or suggesting the most efficient way to operate and maintain a system.
Focusing on the most problematic areas in the system results in the most
significant gains. This article presents different ways for assessing
the importance of non-repairable and repairable components within a system
using
BlockSim.
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue66/relbasics66.htm
|
| Tool Tips |
|
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue66/tooltips66.htm
|
| Latest Software
Updates |
|
A new service release is now available for
Weibull (SR 7.1.2). To determine the compile revision of the application on your computer,
select About from the Help menu.
More Software Downloads...
|
|
Hot News |
 |
XFRACAS now
Available - ReliaSoft's new XFRACAS provides all
of the tools that your organization will need to troubleshoot issues
as they occur in the lab or in the field, capture the data required
for important reliability, quality, safety and other analyses, work
as a team to resolve underlying problems and build a "knowledge
base" of lessons learned that will be instrumental to future
troubleshooting and development efforts. Learn more about how your
team can take advantage of this incident (failure) reporting,
analysis and corrective action system (FRACA/FRACAS) today at
http://XFRACAS.ReliaSoft.com
or contact us at
Sales@ReliaSoft.com to set
up a demonstration of this unique web-based application available in
a box.T |
|
|
UK
Reliability Training Coming Up Soon – The September 18
- 22, 2006
MSMT seminar in Manchester is right around the corner. This
particular series provides basic courses for a solid foundation in
the fundamental principles and theory of important reliability
engineering topics. Attending this ReliaSoft training seminar will
help you increase your capabilities and productivity while providing
you with a fresh look at your career in reliability engineering. For
those seriously considering this event, please contact the event
organizer in
the UK, RAMsoft Ltd, at:
http://www.RAMsoftUK.com/. Registration is also available online at:
https://store.reliasoft.com. |
|
|
ARS 2007
Europe Call for Presentations - The 2007 International
Applied Reliability Symposium, Europe will be held April 11 - 13,
2007 in Frankfurt, Germany. You are invited to
submit presentation proposals that address the Symposium theme:
"Sharing applications, success stories and lessons learned in
reliability and maintainability engineering."
- Warranty reduction
- Reliability as an investment,
not a cost
- Specifying reliability and
reliability metrics
- Supplier management
- Data collection, management and
analysis
- Reliability and safety
- Reliability and market share
- Reliability testing
- Software reliability
- Manufacturing reliability
Presentations will be accepted
on the basis of the proposal. Because of the applied nature of the
Symposium, presenters are asked to submit materials in presentation
format only (i.e. PowerPoint). All proposals and
presentations must be in English. An
accompanying paper is not required. 50 minutes have been allocated
to each presentation with 10 minutes of questions for a total of 60
minutes per session. The deadline for proposal submission is
November 10, 2006.
Presenters receive complimentary registration for the event.
For more information, please visit
the ARS Web site at
http://www.ARSymposium.org/europe/presenters/index.htm or e-mail
InfoEurope@ARSymposium.org.
|
|
|
ARS Global
Updates –
- 2006 ARS Asia Pacific – DONT
MISS IT!!!
- To be held in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia on September 13 - 14, 2006.
- 2006 Event Sponsor, General
Electric, will be hosting a 2-day Reliability Awareness Workshop
prior to the event on September 11-12. Fact sheets and registration can
be obtained at:
http://www.ARSymposium.com/asia/index.htm.
- 2007 ARS North America
- To be held in San Diego, CA
on June 22 - 27, 2007.
- Call for Presentations!
Presenters receive complimentary registration for the event.
The deadline for proposal submissions is December 8, 2006. Complete details are available at:
http://www.ARSymposium.org/present.htm.
|
|
Public
Training Event Calendar |
|
September
2006 |
|
September 13 - 14, 2006:
International Applied Reliability Symposium in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
|
September 18 - 20, 2006:
RS 522 Advanced System Analysis in
Tucson, Arizona |
|
September 18 - 22, 2006:
MSMT Foundations in
Manchester, UK |
|
September 21 - 22, 2006:
RS 470 FMEA/FMECA in
Tucson, Arizona |
|
October 2006 |
| October
9 - 10, 2006:
RS 401(C) Life Data Analysis (Condensed) in
Bangalore, India |
| October
18 - 20, 2006:
RS 525 Probabilistic Event Analysis in
Tucson, Arizona |
| October
23 - 27, 2006:
MSMT Foundations in
Frankfurt, Germany |
|
November 2006 |
|
November 6 - 10, 2006:
RS
540 Advanced Reliablity Analysis for Repairable Systems in
Melbourne, Australia |
| November 13 - 17, 2006:
MSMT Foundations in
Tucson, Arizona |
| November 13 - 17, 2006:
MSMT Foundations in
Melbourne, Australia |
| November 27
- December 1, 2006:
RS
540 Advanced Reliablity Analysis for Repairable Systems in
Singapore |
|
|
|
| Contribute to HotWire |
Contributions Welcomed
As always, your
feedback and contributions are appreciated. ReliaSoft is able to provide the most
user-friendly reliability software packages and support because we
listen to our customers. This applies to our newsletters and
publications as well. We welcome any suggestions or contributions you may
have for Reliability HotWire.
If you have a topic or
article that you think would be useful to the readers of Reliability
HotWire, feel free to contact us. We can be reached by
e-mail at HotWire@ReliaSoft.com,
or by standard mail at 1450 S. Eastside Loop, Tucson, AZ 85710-6703, USA.
|
|
|
 |
Copyright © 2006 ReliaSoft
Corporation, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
|
| |
