The Status of Reliability Engineering in the United Kingdom

A survey of reliability activities in the United Kingdom with particular emphasis on the electronics industry is given. The guidelines which were laid down by the Organizing Committee of the 1968 Annual Reliability Symposium are followed in a general way. A survey of the status of reliability engineers in the United Kingdom is presented with a discussion of the training facilities that are available for them. Reliability processes relevant mainly to military procurement are given, detailing specific activities and the emphasis which the procuring agency places on such activities. As such, some of the differences between the United Kingdom and the United States on such matters of policy are highlighted.