Navistar has been on the Reliability Functional Excellence (RFE) journey for the past two years. RFE is centered around delivering an integrated end to end to support and enhance product development, launch and life cycle management. The first step in our RFE process was to strengthen our risk evaluation process. At the beginning of every new vehicle development program, a collection of new DFMEAs would be either be developed from scratch or existing DFMEAs would be located as a baseline and then modified for the specific program. Developing new DFMEAs for every program which was challenging with aggressive timelines and was not an effective solution to capturing previous knowledge. Selecting existing DFMEAs was also not optimum as the DFMEA quality was inconsistent as there was no defined approval or configuration control process. Additional time was required to clean up DFMEAs or worse, poor DFMEAs were used.
ReliaSoft Master Suite was chosen as the software package to drive the connectivity between defining design and manufacturing risks, developing test plans and compiling vehicle reliability predictions. In 2018, Navistar developed a library structure to store DFMEAs from 14 different engineering systems and 100 subsystems, a formal approval process for program and master template DFMEAs, piloted with two programs, developing over 100 program DFMEAs and then formalized XFMEA as the DFMEA tool for the organization. These program DFMEAs are now stored as templates and will be the basis for the next generation of programs, improving the design risk identification while reducing the process time.
Navistar, Inc. (“Navistar”) is reimagining how to create more cohesive relationships, build higher-performing teams and find solutions where others don’t. Based in Lisle, Illinois, Navistar or its subsidiaries and affiliates produce International® brand commercial trucks and engines, IC Bus® brand school and commercial buses, all-makes OnCommand® Connection advanced connectivity services, and Fleetrite®, ReNEWeD® and Diamond Advantage® brands aftermarket parts. With a history of innovation dating back to 1831, Navistar has more than 14,500 employees worldwide and is a member of TRATON SE, a global champion of the truck and transport services industry.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
This will bring together HBM, Brüel & Kjær, nCode, ReliaSoft, and Discom brands, helping you innovate faster for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.
