A processual model for the conceptualization of reliability concerns and it’s validation among design stakeholders for sustainability

Abstract

The discourse addresses the different ways reliability information is communicated and shared to achieve sustainability at the early stage of product development, by conceptualizing the reliability communications process using a processual model. The model which is based on a mechanistic and a systemic view is used for analyzing the reliability information and concerns shared and communicated between and among design stakeholders. To prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to the reliability information during the product design stage, an information filtering system is included in the model. The conceptualized processual model is a piece of a more extensive undertaking that aims at assessing the sustainability of the different communication scheme among designers and product reliability teams located at different geographical sites provide a platform for rethinking the product reliability concerns and sharing. The model has been validated using an expert-opinion based method.