SEMATECH DOC ID #: 94042332A-GEN

Title: Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)

Author(s): Mario Villacourt;Pradeep Govil;

Document date: 06/16/1994

Descriptor(s): FRACAS;failure analysis;equipment design;computer hardware;computer software;suppliers;maintenance;

Abstract:  Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) is a
closed-loop feedback path for collecting, recording and analyzing failures of
both hardware and software data sets. This document describes how FRACAS can
be planned and implemented at a supplier site as a process for continuously
improving reliability. The method can be used throughout the life cycle of
the equipment - during in-house (laboratory) tests, field (alpha or beta
sites) tests, and production/operations. FRACAS helps determine where
problems are concentrated in the design of the equipment and identify
corrective actions to be implemented and verified to prevent further
recurrence of failures.

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