Reliability Edge Newsletter

Volume 9, Issue 2

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Does Your Organization Need

Organizations are becoming increasingly aware that sound reliability engineering activities play a crucial role in ensuring product safety, fostering a positive brand image and increasing the financial bottom line. In many cases, turning to independent consultants can prove to be the most effective and economical way for an organization to achieve particular reliability goals when they do not have sufficient time, expertise and/or objectivity to accomplish their objectives in-house.

If your organization could use some extra, independent support for particular reliability-related tasks, the ReliaSoft Consulting Services team offers a uniquely powerful combination of industry insight, unparalleled subject mastery and exclusive "insider" access to ReliaSoft's internal R&D knowledge bases and analysis software. The team is structured to accommodate requests of any size or complexity in a wide variety of areas. Some commonly requested services are described below, and many other services are available upon request.

Data Analysis and Modeling

  • Life data analysis (also referred to as "Weibull analysis")
  • Accelerated testing data analysis
  • Warranty data analysis
  • Reliability growth planning and analysis
  • Burn-in analysis and optimization
  • Shelf life and stability analysis
  • Stress-strength comparisons
  • Recurrent event data analysis
  • Standards based reliability prediction
  • Physics of failure modeling
  • Modeling and analysis of systems or processes
  • Maintenance task selection and optimization
  • Using simulation to estimate availability, plan for spares, identify throughput bottlenecks, etc.
  • Risk and safety analysis

Specifications and Test Design

  • Defining reliability specifications
  • Testing to and complying with reliability specifications
  • Traditional and accelerated life test design
  • Experiment design and analysis (DOE)

Reliability Program Plan Activities

  • Assessment of current reliability program and gap analysis
  • Reliability program planning, implementation and review
  • Supplier reviews
  • Change point analysis
  • Training, facilitation and/or audits for FMEA and RCM analysis
  • FRACAS implementation and training

Regulatory and Legal Support

  • Preparation or analysis of reliability-related evidence
  • Expert witness testimony

For a more detailed list of available services, please visit the Web at http://Consulting.ReliaSoft.com or contact the ReliaSoft office nearest you to discuss your particular project requirements.

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