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Effective Innovation: The Development of Winning Technologies
ISBN-10:
0791802035
No. of Pages:
262
Publisher:
ASME Press
Publication date:
2004
New concepts that have been selected as superior in their potential have great promise. However, their initial reliability—their ability to function as intended—leaves much to be desired. They are not yet ready for prime time, but all too often they have been rushed forward with dire consequences.
Topics:
Reliability
Challenge: Make the Innovation Work Well for Customers
Noises—Challenges to the Innovation
Environmental Variations
Variations in Production
Variations as the Result of Time and Use
Variations in Product Characteristics
Functional Noises
Failure modes
Failure Mode Measurement Method 1
Failure Mode Measurement Method 2
Failure Mode Measurement Method 3
Secondary and Tertiary Failure Modes
Conclusion About Failure Modes
Shortcomings of Traditional Development Approach
Case Study
Problem Reaction
Limits of Problem Reaction
Traditional Culture
Valid Role for Problem Solving
Operating Window—Key for Reliability
Robustness—Development Process
Step 1—Identification of the Critical Functional Variables
Step 2—Resources for Robustness
Step 3—Identification of Failure Modes and the Noises that Cause Them
Failure Modes
Noises
Step 4—P Diagram
Step 5—Operating Window Determination
Step 6—Improving the Operating Window
Step 7—Completion
All Failure Modes
Critical-Parameter Drawing
Operating Window and Physical Contradictions
Case Studies—Success in Practice
Case Study 1
Case Study 2
Introduction to Taguchi Methods
Dynamic Methods
S/N Ratio
Two-Step Optimization
Comparison of Operating Window and S/N Ratio
Benefits
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