Session 6
4:15 to 5:15 p.m. Wednesday September 13, 2006

Application Lessons for Effective FMEAs

Quality and Reliability tools must be applied correctly to get optimum results and Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA) is no exception. Yet many companies and organizations continue to accept less than effective results from their FMEA/FMECA applications.

Given the increasing importance of Design for Reliability tools, it is imperative that FMEA is done effectively to improve product/process designs and to support manufacturing and maintenance applications. Companies no longer have the time or budget to squander valuable resources with any tool that is not fully effective. What are the specific FMEA lessons that separate best practice from poor quality? How can we make this tool live up to its potential? How can FMEAs be done in a timely manner with full support from subject matter experts and management?

This presentation examines a variety of applications, ranging from effective and timely FMEAs to poorly constructed and executed FMEAs. Attendees will understand the primary pitfalls that generate less than effective outcomes and learn the “vital few” keys to successful FMEAs. Each of these success factors must be understood, cultivated and implemented to achieve maximum success in FMEA applications. Why settle for less than uniformly effective FMEAs?

 

Carl Carlson ReliaSoft Corporation, USA

Carl Carlson is a consultant and instructor in the areas of FMEA, reliability program planning and other reliability engineering and management disciplines. He has 20 years experience in reliability engineering and management positions at General Motors, most recently Senior Manager for the Advanced Reliability Group. His responsibilities included Design FMEAs for North American operations, developing and implementing advanced reliability methods to achieve/demonstrate reliability requirements and managing teams of reliability engineers. Previous to General Motors, he worked as a Research and Development Engineer for Litton Systems, Inertial Navigation Division. Mr. Carlson co-chaired the cross-industry team to develop the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J1739 for Design/Process/Machinery FMEA and participated in the development of the SAE JA 1000/1 Reliability Program Standard Implementation Guide. He has also chaired technical sessions for the Reliability Track of the Annual SAE Reliability, Maintainability, Supportability and Logistics (RMSL) Symposium, was a four-year member of the Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) Advisory Board and served for five years as Vice Chair for the SAE's G-11 Reliability Division. Mr. Carlson holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and completed the Reliability Engineering sequence from the University of Maryland's Masters in Reliability Engineering program. He is an ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer.

Organized by ReliaSoft Corporation and ReliaSoft Asia

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