May
23
June 2011 Events
May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment
June is a busy month for us, here is a brief synopsis of what is up: June 1 – The Ridgetop Group and Ops A La Carte combne forces to present a FREE Webinar entitled How to Use HALT with Prognostics. Register here for this event. June 6 is the MD&M East. You can register [...]
May
17
Robust Design & Reliasoft
May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Reliability Hotwire, a Reliasoft monthly eMagazine for reliability professionals, published two papers recently entitled: “Taguchi Robust Design for Product Improvement” http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue122/index.htm , and Taguchi Robust Design for Product Improvement: Part II http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue123/index.htm I read the first paper in issue 122 (post-publication) and found many issues and discrepancies. I had worked with Dr. Taguchi directly for [...]
May
16
Overall Reliability Education
May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment
One objective of working in reliability is to minimize Life Cycle Costs (LCC). In order to do this a Reliability Engineer must select which reliability tools will need to be used and then utilize them properly for the product life cycle. As well he needs to be on top of the information that is generated [...]
May
11
Chart and Ops A La Carte Joint Open House
May 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Chart Product Manager, Dan Strom and Ops A La Carte Managing Partner, Mike Silverman are happy to announce a joint alliance between their two companies. The event will include the installation of a Chart REAL-36 HALT chamber. The event will be held at HALT and HASS Labs, the Ops A La Carte testing facility in [...]
May
9
Continuous Improvement – Supplier Development
May 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Continuous Improvement (CI) is a driving force in business. However, how do we go about obtaining such from our Suppliers? What do we, as customers, do to define such to our suppliers – the expectations of improved quality, delivery service, and cost reduction? What is done to aide the supplier in the pursuit of CI? [...]
May
9
FREE Webinars
May 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Ops A La Carte is pleased to offer free training on many of the topics that are most important to any reliability effort. We hold a free webinar on the first Wednesday of every month. We cover many topics which you should find helpful and an excellent introduction to our company, team and services. To [...]
May
2
We’re 10!
May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Ops A La Carte Turns 10 years Old On May 1st, 2011, Ops A La Carte officially turns 10 years old. Over the past 10 years, Ops A La Carte has grown from an initial idea to a global consulting firm serving customers in well over 100 industries and 30 different countries. We would like [...]
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