Problem Solving for Engineering

This course introduces engineers to the Shainin Red X^® problem solving methodologies. Students will learn the Shainin FACTUAL™ process and how to apply it to engineering problems that surface during development, process trials, initial launch and in the field.

They will learn to assess the effectiveness of a measurement system based upon its intended use. They will learn strategies to quickly and efficiently go from a Green Y^® event to the Red X component, and then converge on the Red X feature or property. Special emphasis will be placed on strategies to deal with difficult malfunction failures as well as destructive event failures. They will learn the proper application of Isoplot^® , Component Search™, Paired Comparisons™, and Group Comparisons, Concentration Diagrams, Event to Energy Transform and the energy accounting model, Event Strategy Diagrams™, a variety of single factor confirmation experiments, and Tolerance Parallelogram™. Case studies include product failures discovered during product development, new launches and early field failures.

Objectives:

This course is designed to enable participants to quickly and efficiently:

• Solve measurement system problems.
• Solve malfunction type performance problems.
• Solve destructive event failure problems.
• Confirm the cause and corrective action with a statistical test.
• Establish the correct tolerance for the critical feature and property of the product.

Benefits:

Participants can use the skills and knowledge gained in this course to:

• Develop strategies to quickly and efficiently understand the cause and fix tough engineering problems.
• Quickly confirm that a proposed fix has the impact that is desired.
  

Prerequisite:

There are no prerequisite requirements for this course.