NCMS and Michigan InfraGard Sponsor Workshop on
Proactive Failure Prediction

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InfraGard members participated in a workshop on Proactive Failure Prediction on  April 25, 2003 at the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences.

The workshop facilitator, Jack Hipple is an expert implementer of TRIZ techniques. He has applied Proactive Failure Prediction to prevent bank fraud, food contamination, chemicals release, and industrial equipment failure . He will led the group through a fascinating discussion, and practical break-out exercise of reverse TRIZ concepts as applied to emergency preparedness. You may learn more at his web site http://www.innovation-triz.com/.

Proactive Failure Prediction is a particular application of a problem solving method known by its Russian acronym TRIZ. (TRIZ stands for "Theory of Solving Problems Inventively") In the past eight years, since its introduction to the U.S., the breakthrough TRIZ problem solving methodology has been applied by more and more organizations to solve some of industry's most difficult problems, both technical and non-technical.

TRIZ is classically used in problem solving and technological forecasting. Proactive Failure Prediction applies these same TRIZ principles in reverse to assist emergency response planning as a successor to FMEA and related techniques.

This educational event was co-sponsored by the InfraGard Manufacturing Industry Association (http://trust.ncms.org) at the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), and the Michigan InfraGard Chapter (http://www.michiganinfragard.com).