by Mr. Fred Schenkelberg

This course will highlight a series of selected reliability topics and will answer the question of "why" — why each technique is important. We will also introduce how to use each technique. The major topics we will cover are FMEA, Design Defect Tracking (FRACAS), Thermal Design, Component Stress Derating, Design of Experiments/Reliability Statistics, Supplier Reliability Management, Environmental Testing, and HALT.

This course will help you define reliability goals, metrics, plans and schedules and then manage the activities, all within a product life cycle perspective. It will also monitor and improve processes to measure reliability related costs. From this course, you will be able to establish and monitor process to track reliability growth as well as assist production and supply chain groups in reliability assurance strategy development. This seminar is targeted at the engineers responsible for product reliability who will be using these reliability techniques.