Total Quality Systems, Inc.
Total Quality Systems, Inc. (TQS) offers their proven track record of success and innovative solutions for their customers, especially DoD customers. TQS is a veteran-owned small business located in Roy, Utah adjacent to the Hill Air Force Base. Founded in 1994, TQS has a synergistic mix of senior engineers, technicians and managers with significant military experience combined with younger college graduates. Core competencies include system design and integration, avionics test system design and production, enterprise software design, root cause failure analysis, data mining and analysis, and advanced statistical processes. TQS carries current AS9100 – ISO9001 quality certifications.
TQS has supported the Air Force and Navy by designing, developing, delivering and maintaining the Intermittent Fault Detection and Isolation System (IFDIS) to Hill Air force Base, Utah, Fleet Readiness Center, Southwest (FRCSW), FRC West (FRCW) and FRC Mid-Atlantic (FRCMA) under multiple Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts. IFDIS is a revolutionary diagnostic tool that identifies intermittent circuit connectivity failures in the chassis of Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs) that are not detectible by traditional Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) running functional tests on a bench. Compliant with DoD MIL-PRF 32516, this unique capability to detect and isolate circuit anomalies in WRA chassis reduces the number of Can Not Duplicate (CND) and Re-Test OK (RTOK) that unnecessarily drive maintenance costs higher. Estimates for depot WRA / Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) inductions show as high as 50% to 90% of certain WRAs/LRUs with in-flight functional fault indications show no discrepancies when tested at a depot repair facility. The key to IFDIS is stimulating the WRA/LRU in an operational environment (Vibration, Temperature, Gs, and humidity) to reveal the failure that occurred during operations that triggered a functional fault.
As cited in the January 2020 Government Accounting Office (GAO) Report to Congress: “Navy Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, California, implemented an Intermittent fault detection system previously used at the from Ogden Air Logistics Complex, Utah, on its F/A-18 aircraft generators. According to officials, the depot reduced repair time from 90 days to 30 days and quadrupled the generators’ time between failures.” It is noted that TQS assisted in increasing the readiness for both the F/A-18 and the F-16.
In supporting the development of the IFDIS, TQS has developed extensive experience in analyzing large sets of maintenance data to determine root cause failures and trends. We have developed, documented, and delivered 45 Use Cases to the USAF for specific maintenance data analysis under the Product Lifecycle Sustainment Management program to support many weapons systems. TQS also has experience and proven processes for reverse engineering, Item Unique Identification (IUID) marking and management and Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) mitigation and tracking.
Please contact TQS to discuss specifics of how our team can apply our innovations to help solve your challenges.