ASQ RD events in July

[Fred Schenkelberg]

ASQ RD English Webinar Series: Obsolescence Management & The Impact on Reliability

PRESENTER: Cheryl Tulkoff DATE: Thursday, July 12, 2012, Noon - 1:00 pm EDT DESCRIPTION: The secondary market is often the supply chain of last recourse when a component product goes obsolete or is under production constraints. While it is possible to get high quality, genuine parts, it is also possible to get nonconforming, reworked, or counterfeit components. What is most frustrating is that it is increasingly difficult to differentiate genuine parts from their counterfeit equivalents.  Historically, the secondary market provided a mechanism for finding parts in short supply or at reduced cost. Today, high-reliability system manufacturers are less willing to risk contamination of their supply chain with potentially substandard parts in order to save a few dollars on the cost of a part. The proliferation of counterfeit components has led to a contraction of the secondary market and an increase in the cost of parts in the marketplace. Register Now

ASQ RD Chinese Webinar Series:   Managing System Reliability and Maintenance Under Performance Based Contract  (面向综合表现合同的系统可靠性和维修性)

PRESENTER: Dr. Tongdan Jin, (金彤丹博士) Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Texas State University (德克萨斯州立大学工业工程系助理教授) DATE: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 10:00am - 11:0 am Beijing Time Which is Saturday, July 14, 2012, 7:00pm – 8:00pm US Pacific Time DESCRIPTION: Performance based contracting (PBC) emerged as a new service model which is reshaping the acquisition, operation and maintenance of capital equipment. PBC is often referred to as performance based logistics in defense industry, or is called as power-by-the-hour in the airline industry. The focus of PBC is on the outcome of the system reliability performance, not materials and labors involved in the maintenance.  This presentation introduces a novel quantitative approach to planning performance-based contracts in the presence of system usage uncertainty. We develop an analytical model to characterize the system availability by comprehending five key performance drivers:  failure rate, usage variability, spare parts inventory, repair turn-around time, and system fleet population.  This analytical insight into the system performance allows us to estimate the lifecycle cost by taking into account the design, manufacturing, maintenance and repair across the system lifetime. Two types of contracting schemes are examined under the cost minimization and the profit maximization. This presentation aims to provide theoretical guidance to facilitate the paradigm change as it shits from material based services to performance based contracting. Register Now Looking forward to your participate and let us know if you'd like to present. cheers, Fred Schenkelberg ASQ RD Webinar Executive Producer f...@asqrd.org