Title :
Reliability specialists-a critical need
Author :
Vassiliades, Gustav A.
Author_Institution :
IBM Corp., Somers, NY, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The author describes how the result of electronics industry downsizing has been that reliability, availability and safety, quality, failure analysis and purchasing quality engineers are extremely scarce and very much needed. We find today we are reassigning people from other areas like circuit and systems designers, to help contain the shortfall created by the combination of right sizing and market requirements
Keywords :
electronics industry; engineering; failure analysis; professional aspects; quality control; reliability; safety; availability; electronics industry downsizing; engineering profession; failure analysis; purchasing; quality; reliability; reliability specialists; safety; Application software; Availability; Companies; Customer satisfaction; Employment; Explosions; Maintenance; Programming profession; Reliability engineering; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2002. Proceedings. Annual
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7348-0
DOI :
10.1109/RAMS.2002.981681
