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Training Maintenance Technicians

Frequency of Training Train maintenance regularly: annual and quarterly training; but also when releasing new test systems (hardware, software, or both). Training Topics. Examples of training topics include: system operation, common issues, diagnostics & troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, power up, shutdown, proper safety protocols, etc.
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Late Night Calls

Prepare In Advance Sooner or later you'll receive a late night call requesting support. Consider having remote access control software installed on your assigned test systems, if your organization allows it. Remote access software allows you to personally interact with the test system. You can check configuration files, databases, arguments, software setup, etc. This might…
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Capital Expenditures

Capital Expenditure Planning Consider including quality, product launch, production leadership, maintenance, and support engineers when planning next years capital expenditures. Capital Expenditure - Performance Execution Regularly review actual capital expenditures vs. planned capital expenditures. Ensure that milestones on the critical path to releasing new test system to production are hit on time.
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Test Time vs. Cycle Time – What’s the Difference?

Test time is the duration of executing a testing sequence. Cycle time is a duration that includes test time, material handling time, and all before and after activities necessary to execute a test sequence. Logical Inferences & Experience Cycle time is equal to or greater than test time Production leaders are interested in cycle time.…
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