Reliability Management System

Abstract

AbstractProduct reliability is very important in the context of new product development. Building in high reliability is costly and time consuming, but the consequence of unreliability is costlier. This implies that manufacturers need to decide on the optimal reliability performance that achieves a proper trade-off between the two and then derive the reliability specification to ensure the desired performance. A reliability management system is a tool that manufacturers can use to manage this process and achieve the desired results. This chapter deals with the structure of the reliability management system and various related issues. The outline of the chapter is as follows. Section 11.2 examines data, information, and knowledge. A proper understanding of these terms is important for designing an effective reliability management system. In Section 11.3, we highlight the role of data, information, and knowledge in building models for decision making in general. Sections 11.4 to 11.7 deal with this in the context of the different phases of the new product cycle discussed in earlier chapters. Section 11.8 looks at the reliability management system and its relation to other management systems used in most manufacturing businesses and discusses the three key modules of the reliability management system and relevant issues. Section 11.9 suggests how a business can implement the ideas proposed in this book using a reliability management system.KeywordsProduct Life CycleReliability ManagementInternational Electrotechnical CommissionProduct ReliabilityAccelerate Failure Time ModelThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.