Session: 4A, Monday 15:45-17:45
Core Tutor: Duane L. Dietrich, Ph.D.
In this presentation a product is followed from design inception to product retirement. The appropriate location and use of (1) Over Stress Tests, (2) Design Reviews, (3) FMEA, (4) Reliability System Analysis, (5) Accelerated Life Tests, (6) Real Time Life Tests, (7) Reliability Growth Tests, (8) Burn-In, (9) Environmental Stress Screens and (10) Statistical Process Control are discussed. Finally, field failures and the steps necessary to insure that the resulting engineering change orders yield improved reliability are covered. This paper is based primarily on the observation and experience of the author which was gained during a 40-year career in reliability and quality.
Duane L. Dietrich has been director of consulting services for ReliaSoft for the last five years. During his 45+ year career he has served as a consultant to over 60 companies and government agencies both nationally and internationally. Some of his more notable clients have been the US Army, the US Navy, IBM, Cameron Oil, JPL, John Deere, Guidant, Motorola, Raytheon, General Dynamics and Xerox. In addition, he has taught over 60 short courses for industry in the areas of Engineering Statistics, Statistical Process Control, Concepts of Reliability, Reliability Testing and Large Scale Reliability Systems Analysis.