Track 2 Session 6

10:50 to 11:50 a.m. Thursday, October 14, 2010

Integration of Reliability Engineering and Related Tools at Each Stage of Product Development

A traditional approach of testing the products at the end of the manufacturing phase to determine their life cycle parameters will lead to costly design modifications and delay in hitting the market, thereby losing market share and profits. Integration of reliability engineering techniques and related tools right from the beginning stage of product development will lead to more reliable products, which will minimize the total life cycle cost of the products. This presentation will describe the use of different reliability tools at each stage of the product development cycle, from "Scope" to "Post Production."

The Reliability tools and processes used at different stages of product development are: 1) Functional Block Diagram. 2) Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA). 3) Benchmarking. 4) Reliability Block Diagram (RBD). 5) Reliability Score Card. 6) Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS). 7) Fault Tree Analysis. 8) Fishbone Diagram. 9) Duane and Crow Plots. 10) Reliability Audit Plan.

Key Words: Reliability Engineering Tools, FBD, FMEA, RBD, Reliability Score Card, FRACAS

Rajasekhar Nukala

Mahindra Satyam, Hyderabad