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Product Reliability Studies

• Frequency of repairs or replacements within designated time period(s)

  Repair or Throw-away?
  
  LRU Level (Line Replaceability Unit)

• Long range reliability and/or durability tests

• Studies can be VERY costly and lengthy

  EDCTP (Environmental Design Criteria Test Plan)
  

MTBF = Mean Time Between Failures

MTBO = Mean Time Between Overhaul

MTBR = Mean Time Between Replacement

Durability

Failures

	The Deming PDCA Cycle	QMS Implementation	FMEA Information	APQP Information
Auditing Information	8-D Problem Solving	Statistics	Error Proofing (Poka Yoke)	Brainstorming
Identifying Waste	Pull Systems	Lead Time Reduction	Planned Maintenance	Quick Setup
Discovering Change	Process Capability - Cp vs. Cpk	Histogram Animation	Process Loop Animation	Taguchi Loss Function
		Fishbone / Cause and Effects Animation

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