• DocumentCode
    2208984
  • Title

    Beyond root-cause analysis [product development process improvement]

  • Author

    Bergman, Bo L S ; Fundin, Anders P. ; Gremyr, Ida C. ; Johansson, Per M.

  • Author_Institution
    Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    140
  • Lastpage
    146
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a method for identifying improvement opportunities in the product development process, by use of root-cause analysis. Performed in a cross-functional setting, the proposed method provides a broad base of causes, both technical and nontechnical, for the analysis
  • Keywords
    failure analysis; product development; reliability; cross-functional setting; improvement opportunities identification; nontechnical causes; product development process improvement; root-cause analysis; technical causes; Availability; Costs; Design methodology; Failure analysis; Performance analysis; Process design; Product development; Production; Robustness; Warranties;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2002. Proceedings. Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA
  • ISSN
    0149-144X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7348-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RAMS.2002.981632
  • Filename
    981632