RE: Creating a Reliability Department
>3) Reliability in manufacturing would not constitute a conflict of interest >as compliance could. Compliance is more like an unbiased judge where >Reliability provides input to improve products to make them more robust. I respectfully disagree with Paul. While I'm sure there are some reliability functions that are effective working in engineering or manufacturing (i.e. that management really understands the importance and makes it a priority), I believe it's the exception not the rule. The reliability function generally should report to an organization independent of manufacturing and engineering. This ensures honesty in decion making by making sure all viewpoints are really considered and can be taken all the way to the CEO if the issue is important enough and won't be stifled by an executive who really has a different agenda. Or stopping a part that's being pushed through the ECO process before Reliability has their time to evaluate the part. We all know the game...If you have reliability buried in manufacturing such as the quality organization usually is, input from R&Q are usually overriden because management in mfg is evaluated on quantity and not quality/reliability of design. Evaluating on Quality is usually nothing more than lip service and bad news will get filtered up. Reliability is no different than how most compliance organizations should be set up, IMO. Matthew Kilkenny Reliability Engineer -Original Message- From: Darrell Locke [mailto:dlo...@advanced-input.com] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 10:44 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: FW: Creating a Reliability Department Forwarding for Paul Darrell Locke -Original Message- From: Paul Paroff Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 7:44 AM To: Darrell Locke Subject: RE: Creating a Reliability Department 1) From the Manufacturing side I would study warranty and other returns, customer complaints, and field service and repairs. So you may need a database to organize and the means to collect the data. From there I would find the top 5 to 10 most frequent and most expensive problems and work with both Development and Manufacturing to improve materials, designs and manufacturing techniques. The contribution to the bottom line can be tracked through lower warranty expense and fewer service calls. An increase in customer satisfaction is likely to occur over time which will likely result in more sales and increased customer loyalty but it's hard to connect the effort in reliability with such soft numbers. (Besides, Sales will take the credit.) 2) Start with one person as you outlined, but they will need support in gathering and processing data. A second step could be to add a reliability engineer on the development side who would work on proving the reliability of new designs. This function would get early prototypes and see what breaks or wears out first under different use models and environments. You could then add a technician or two as the work load warrants. Good luck, Paul Paroff Reliability Engineer. -Original Message- From: marti...@appliedbiosystems.com [mailto:marti...@appliedbiosystems.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 1:16 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Creating a Reliability Department I have been given a consulting opportunity to develop a plan for a Reliability Department for a fairly large manufacturing company of Laboratory Equipment. Since my background is in compliance I could use some advice on how to get started. 1. The goal is to hire one permanent employee and grow over time. What are some justifications/success stories/strategies for having a Reliability Department? 2. Assuming the goal is to have the best reliability department in the world, how do we get started? What are the stages which should be followed for developing a Reliability Group? What would staffing requirements look like for each phase? 3. The goal is to have this position report to Manufacturing Engineering. >From a compliance standpoint, this would be a conflict of interest. Does the same hold true for Reliability Engineering? 4. This department may include a global function. What is the best method to integrate this department globally? All responses are greatly appreciated Regards Joe Martin EMC/Product Safety Engineer --- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived an
RE: Reliability recommended books
First thing is you need to decide what you are trying to accomplish and it eventually gets into philosophies about reliability. If you are trying to measure reliability some of the good books are: Pat O'Connor's "Practical Reliability Engineering" which is a good intro book; Finn Jensen's "Electronic Component Reliability" which is excellent also. "Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management" is a good reference book to have on the shelf. We could spend hours on this discussing the disadvantages of trying to measure reliability in the Mil-STD 217 parts count methods and the variations of it that are out there, the controversies of the Arrhenius equation for temp. aging effect in the parts count method, etc. Of course this isn't the approriate forum. =) Matthew Kilkenny Reliability Engineer mkilke...@opthos.com > --- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson:pstc_ad...@garretson.org > Dave Healddavehe...@mediaone.net > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > No longer online until our new server is brought online and the > old messages are imported into the new server. --- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson:pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Healddavehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. --- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson:pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Healddavehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
Laser Safety
I have a question on lasers for ITE concerning IEC-825 and FDA requirements. According to IEC, class 3b lasers have to have safety doors (interlocks). Can automatic power reduction be used if you are not pumping the laser to a 3b class level of power. In other words, can we not put interlocks on the system if the 3b laser power has been reduced to a 3a or class 1 level through microprocessor limitating it? Or is their single fault concerns if the microprocessor fails? Thanks for any help, Matt Kilkenny mkilke...@opthos.com --- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson:pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Healddavehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
Pre-IPO Optical Networking Compliance Engineering position open
Compliance Engineering position available in Silicon Valley: You will ensure the compliance, including design input and project management, of Opthos products with all relevant standards, including EMC, and Environmental qualifications for the Telco Market per Bellcore GR 1089, GR 63, UL 1950 and similar applicable European Telecommunication Standards (per ETSI). In addition, you will contribute to evolving standards for all-optical networks. A full product life cycle experience as a compliance engineer. B.S. in engineering or related analytical field. Knowledge of current tools and methodologies. Ability to communicate effectively with hardware and software engineering groups. For immediate consideration, send your resume to me. Matthew Kilkenny Opthos, Inc. mkilke...@opthos.com --- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson:pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Healddavehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
