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"Ops A La Carte did an excellent job teaching a private two-day reliability seminar for our team. We learned a lot and would certainly use them again."
---Isaac Ohel, VP Engineering, Novera Optics

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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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Reliability Tools & Integration for
the Concept Phase

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OBJECTIVES
This course will look at reliability tools that are used in the concept phase of a project in order to define the reliability requirements of a program. Benchmarking is usually required. The output of this phase is the Reliability Program and Integration Plan. This plan will specify which tools to use and the goals and specifications of each. This is the plan that drives the rest of the program.

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is intended for hardware, software, and reliability engineers as well as product marketing personnel involved in setting reliability goals and writing reliability plans for a product.

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OUTLINE

Elements of a Reliability Program
Basic Definitions
Reliability vs. Cost
Product Life Cycle Matrix
Integration Phases
Integration in the Concept Phase
Integration in the Design Phase
Integration in the Prototype Phase
Integration in the Manufacturing Phase

Integration in the Concept Phase
Benchmarking
Definition
Different types of Benchmarking
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spacer bullet Process Benchmarking
How to perform
How the results of benchmarking lead to a gap analysis
Gap Analysis
Definition
How to perform
Using Benchmarking and the Gap Analysis to help write the Reliability Program and Integration Plan.
Reliability Program and Integration Plan
Definition
How to define the elements of the plan
Where to get the metrics
Defining the schedule
Integrating all of the activities together within the Plan

Summary
Reliability vs. Cost
Summary of Phases
Summary Tools within this Phase
Benefits of Integration
Next Steps
Implementation
Further Education in Integration
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