Qsoft FRACAS Description
Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System is a closed feedback loop in which both the user and supplier work together to collect and record failures of hardware and software data.
Corrective action (CAR) is greatest during design evolution. As a design becomes more solid, the implementation becomes more expensive and limited.
The analysis will identify corrective actions to be implemented and checked in order to prevent failures from occurring again.
FRACAS encourages reliability improvement during the entire life cycle of equipment. The method can be used during in-house (laboratory) tests, field (alpha or beta site) tests, and production/operations to determine where problems are concentrated within the design of the equipment.