Jun
27
May Consultations Lead to New Framework of Services
June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Mike Silverman visited a dozen companies on the east coast of the US in May to provide consulting and to listen to what clients are doing and what their needs are. Mike visited companies from Rhode Island to Toronto and provided hour long consultations. Being always interested in how to better serve our customers, Mike [...]
Jun
20
We have developed a self assessment test that can help you to see where your company stands in your quest to develop reliable products. The test is quick and allows you to easily see where you stand. The test is here: Self Assessment Test. We developed this quick test because may clients have asked us [...]
Jun
13
Product Realization Group (PRG) Certification Program
June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Date(s): Tuesday, September 27, 2011 to Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Time: 6pm-8pm two nights a week (Tues/Thurs) for 10 weeks Instructor: 5 different modules, 5 different PRG instructors Length: 10 weeks Cost: $995. Location: Foothill College, Los Altos, CA Class Dates PRC-01: Engineering Development Sept. 27th PRC-02: Product Reliability Oct. 11th PRC-03: Data Mgmt. & [...]
Jun
6
Open House & BBQ Lunch
June 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Ops A La Carte announces their 2011 Open House which will be held on Thursday, June 16 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at our Santa Clara, CA facility. We would love to have you come and help us kick off the new Ops A La Carte / Chart partnership with our HALT & HASS [...]
Jun
2
Throw Away Your Torque Wrench
June 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment
That’s right, the one you use to verify the torque on your fixture bolts. The one you send out periodically to get calibrated. Think of how much money you will save on calibration! You see the thing is that that torque wrench is probably not doing you any good. When we are securing a fixture [...]
Jun
2
FMEA – DETECTION RATING CONFUSION
June 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment
FMEA is great tool used in many quality, reliability, and risk analysis processes. It is not a highly sophisticated tool and is certainly not technically complex. As a reliability tool, the FMEA is extremely effective in identifying the risks of greatest concern and thus focusing design and test activities to eliminate that risk or reduce [...]
Jun
1
Those items fail to meet requirements all the time, yet the REASONS those items fail are limited to just six causes: a) Wrong application – not for this material, not for this temperature, not for this atmosphere b) Out of date – date codes – these things have limited shelf life. c) Bad mix – [...]
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