Standardized FRACAS for non-standardized products

Abstract

A cost-effective failure reporting and corrective action system (FRACAS) has been developed as a tool for improving quality and productivity in today's competitive marketplace. The need for implementing a FRACAS has been well established within the reliability and maintainability engineering community for years. A discussion is presented of how a standardized approach is being utilized throughout GE/RCA's government communications systems division as a tool in establishing feedback and promoting corrective action to reduce life cycle costs and improve GE/RCA's competitiveness and product reliability.<>