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"Reliability improvement is one of the most important initiatives in a comprehensive manufacturing cost reduction program"
---Dale DeHart, President, DeHart Consulting, LLC
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EDUCATION on the best tools for Reliability Engineering.

INTEGRATION of all Elements of Reliability Programs for Maximum Value.

Public and In-House Courses presented by world-class instructors directly in Silicon Valley.

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Design for Manufacturability (DfM)

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This course material has been recently updated!

OBJECTIVES
DfM can reduce many costs, since products can be quickly assembled from fewer parts. Thus, products are easier to build and assemble, in less time, with better quality. Parts are designed for ease of fabrication and commonality with other designs. DFM encourages standardization of parts, maximum use of purchased parts, modular design, and standard design features. In this course, designers will learn how to save time and money by not having to "re-invent the wheel." The result is a broader product line that is responsive to customer needs.

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OVERVIEW

Imagine if a company could discover that 60 percent manufacturing costs are unnecessary. If it could act on it, would there be any need to outsource the jobs?  Imagine further that lean manufacturing does not have to be mean. This course is about becoming very lean without being mean.

The participants will learn:

How to recognize critical product features for ultrahigh quality

How to translate critical design features into manufacturing requirements

How to recognize wasteful practices

How to replace wasteful practices into high impact best practices

How to reduce wrong lean practices and do more of right practices

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is intended for those involved in manufacturing, design, or test, who want a better understanding of how to design a product in less time with better quality.

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OUTLINE

What is manufacturing reliability?
Goals of manufacturing reliability
New paradigms for manufacturing systems
Identifying product features for ultrahigh quality
Identifying key process characteristics to assure product features
Why inspection is rarely effective?
Process Failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA)
Developing sound manufacturing controls
Why maintainability is important for zero unscheduled down time?
Techniques for developing reliability centered maintenance
Reliability improvement techniques
Maintainability improvement techniques
Total predictive maintenance
Elegant problem solving techniques for high return on investment
Fault tree analysis for solving difficult problems
Change analysis for sudden problems
Principles of lean ultrahigh quality
How to be the best lean producer

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