Product Overview
The goals of the Quality Plus® Software Design Improvement Modules (A-B) are to assist the company in ensuring that: Customer needs are properly defined:
- Product design requirements are properly specified to meet customer needs;
- Design specifications are properly specified to meet product requirements;
- Designs are optimized to achieve Six Sigma performance.
Key Product Features
- Customer needs documentation and tracking;
- Product design requirements documentation and tracking;
- Computer generated System Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (SFMEA);
- Computer generated Design Validation Plan & Report (DVPR);
- Computer generated product design requirement change quality and cost evaluation;
- Design specifications documentation and tracking;
- Computer generated Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA);
- Computer generated Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R);
- Computer generated design specification change quality and cost evaluation;
- Product Design Bookshelf Technology to facilitate effective use of design lessons learned;
- All documentation is linked to support a wide variety of queries.
Quality Benefits of Using Product
- Improved ability to properly define and evaluate product design requirements;
- Improved ability to properly define and evaluate design specifications;
- Improved ability to achieve Six Sigma performance by addressing manufacturability issues during the design phase.
Time Benefits of Using Product
- Design validation testing is optimized;
- Design verification testing is optimized;
- Design risk analysis can be performed in minutes versus weeks or months;
- Cloning features allow rapid generation of customized product quality system documentation.
Cost Benefits of Using Product
- Reduced testing costs;
- Reduced field warranty costs;
- Reduced internal reject and rework costs;
- Reduced production costs