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Our training provides experience with practical application, including team building and economic considerations. This testimony captures those experiences. Would you benefit from this training approach? [Read more…]
Early in engineering, it seemed the purpose was to create products that made life easier. But eventually, I started to wonder – does that make life better? This video discusses that contradiction. [Read more…]
There is no more important task in an FMEA than correctly identifying the “Cause.” Finding the root cause is the heart and soul of FMEA procedure. When you have the right cause, it opens the door to solutions. When you have the wrong cause, nothing gets accomplished.
By continuing to ask “why,” the team will be able to discover the progression of cause-and-effect relationships behind a problem and the root cause that is below the surface.
Wisdom begins in wonder – Socrates
People claim a trend in selfish people. But what is selfish? In work and in basketball? The answer may catch you off guard! But it has proven to be true. [Read more…]
What does it take to be competitive in New Product Development? We have created speed records in several industries. Our research has shown where the advantages lie, and how to do it. [Read more…]
How can I tell when I have a situation that could benefit from Design of Experiments? What if and what else are two phrases that indicate a need for additional information and knowledge. This video provides a simulated scenario to understand how that may happen. [Read more…]
The gage measurements are expected to be stable, meaning the gage should provide consistent readings. Some random variation due to random error is expected. However, gage measurements change with time or because the gage is damaged. The gage stability can be checked by measuring a known reference.
In this article, it is shown how to use control charts to assess gage stability.
We offer three main services – projects, program management and training. This video illustrates the typical progression of service use through a case study. Don’t be afraid to skip ahead in the process! [Read more…]
Evolutionary operations is an approach to design of experiments that is not commonly known. Where can it apply? May it be useful in your situation? [Read more…]
The rule is simple. For high-risk issues, the FMEA team needs to properly identify the cause(s) and associated failure mechanism(s). So, what exactly is a failure mechanism?
“Nature never breaks her own laws.” Leonardo da Vinci
Most senior managements don’t know that Reliability can get them high profits very quickly. And therefore high return on investment. Hyundai’s Ten Year Warranty. Their market share was going downhill for over ten years, suddenly it started to go upwards instead. All because of high reliability!
The impact of reliability extends far beyond reliability itself. It establishes the cost of warrants, repair, maintenance, logistics and the indirect costs of unavailability, downtime, and the COST OF SAFETY RECALLS which runs to hundreds of million dollars., and throughout the life of the product. This paper presents an outside-the-box view of how to get the best results by aiming at twice the life in the product specification and by preventing the high-risk failure modes resulting in an extraordinary return on investment, as much as 10,000%. [Read more…]
People are drawn to use of the blocking feature in Design of Experiments quite often. My experience shows that it is overused. This video explains my rationale. [Read more…]
A fun look about test planning. It has shaped how I look at the topic and how I perform my work. I hope you enjoy it! [Read more…]
The prior article, MSA 3: Gage Bias, focused on defining and calculating a point estimate of gage bias. A method was presented to determine if the bias was statistically significant. If significant, the bias would be applied to the data as a correction factor.
This article discusses gage bias linearity over a measurement range.
Root Cause Analysis is different than “problem solving.” It is highly visible with money on the table. How can you approach it? How can you be successful? This video gives some fundamentals of my approach. [Read more…]
