Reliability Engineering Terms – Root Cause Analysis
What is Root Cause Analysis?
Root cause analysis (RCA) is a class of problem-solving methods aimed at identifying and eliminating the root cause of failures. The root cause of a failure mode is defined as the lowest-level condition (people, process, software, material, documentation or requirements) that is responsible for causing… Read More
Root Cause Analysis Resources
Root Cause Analysis Training
Reliability Growth through Robust Design and Test
This three-day course provides a complete overview of the reliability growth process associated with robust design and test techniques. It defines the basic concepts of reliability growth and illustrates how these concepts can be most effectively applied using a variety of design and… Read More
Lifetime Extension Management Resources
Data and Tools
QuART ER (Enhancing Reliability)
This 2011 release features more than two dozen new or improved tools over QuART PRO. QuART ER updates more than 10 tools and adds more than 15 new tools to the tool set available in QuART PRO, including the “Ask a Quanterion Expert” function that allows users to direct… Read More
Training
Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Enterprise
The purpose of this one-day course is to provide participants with an introduction to the foundational concepts of the Lean-Six Sigma philosophy and process. It will help participants successfully understand the organization of a Lean-Six Sigma program. Simulations on variations in such processes will be practiced. Upon completion of this… Read More
What is Quality Management?
Quality management is a broad term used to describe those activities that are beneficial in building quality products. Other associated terms historically associated with this concept are Total Quality Management (TQM), Statistical Process Control (SPC), etc. The philosophies of Deming, Juran, Taguchi and others are part of this class of activities, as… Read More
What is Fault Tree Analysis?
Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a “top down” assessment of how a product or system failure (or other “undesired event”) can occur based on the behavior of lower-level functions, assemblies, parts, software, and human behavior. The undesired event is evaluated through a set of intermediary fault states that, if present, would… Read More
Fault Tree Analysis Video Training
Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
FMECAs and FTAs are popular methods for determining the impact of failures on the product or system. This module focuses on these two popular approaches to system logic analysis. The discussion will begin with a discussion of the MIL-STD-1629 approach… Read More
Weibull Analysis Three-Day Training
Sign up for Weibull Analysis training hosted Sept. 9-11 in Albuquerque, NM!
Learn one of the best techniques for continuous improvement in this complete three-day course!
The popular and simple Weibull technique can model most real-life manufacturing and operating data leading to accurate prediction of future issues, corrective action guidance, and significant cost benefit.
Each… Read More
What is Weibull Analysis?
Weibull Analysis is a statistical analysis that is used to determine reliability characteristics and trends from field and/or test failure data. It allows decisions to be made based on a limited amount of data. The Weibull distribution can be fit to datasets exhibiting an increasing, decreasing, or constant failure rate, a unique… Read More