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Track 1 Session 4
2:40 to 3:50 p.m. Wednesday
April 11, 2007
Design for Reliability (DfR): Engaging Your
Development Process and Your Engineering Culture
Reliability engineering is a
function within product and process development that is dedicated to
problem prevention. Many business leaders and product engineers fail
to see the linkages between reliability engineering and product
development. Therefore, it is the responsibility of reliability
engineers and leaders to provide a reliability program that is
integral to the standard work of the development process. It is only
when reliability becomes standard work that the business will
recognize it as a key element of its strategy for improving customer
satisfaction and profitability.
In this presentation, Delphi Thermal Systems will share how they are
re-energizing reliability through their Design for Reliability
initiative. Delphi will share their experiences (mistakes and
successes) in their decade long journey of developing and deploying
a reliability function within the division's global product
engineering organization. Delphi will also share how Design for
Reliability is linked to its Design for Six Sigma program and how
they plan to use Design for Reliability to develop, certify and
maintain the core competency of reliability engineering.
Key Words: Design for
Reliability (DFR), Reliability Core Competency
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