Assembly Reliability Evaluation Method (AREM)

This paper proposes a new design system for assembly quality evaluation called AREM. It is based on the assembly fault occurrence model reflecting both product design and assembly shops. It prevents faults in assembly shops related to the design of the product. The system has three distinctive features: estimation of faults caused by design, extraction of faulty parts or faulty operations, and analysis of fault phenomena. AREM can distinguish the responsibility of the design and the shop quantitatively. This method is being used for various products in practical production lines, and has proven to be effective.