Title :
Managing toward a reliability-based design approach
Author :
Bradley, Edward F. ; Hoeppner, David W.
Author_Institution :
Technology Management Associates Inc., Sandy, UT, USA
Abstract :
The short- and long-term benefits of a reliability-based design philosophy are discussed, along with its effects on overall corporate productivity and profitability. Ways to modify existing technical, managerial, and administrative support functions in order to achieve an effective reliability-based design approach are described. Concepts which are important ingredients to reliability-based design, such as the physics of failure, concurrent engineering, statistically based decision-making, a closed-loop iterative design development method, strong customer awareness, and senior management endorsement, are considered. The relationship between quality and reliability is also described, and the role of each in establishing a productive organization is clarified
Keywords :
management; quality control; reliability; administrative support functions; closed-loop iterative design; concurrent engineering; customer awareness; failure; management; physics; quality; reliability-based design; statistically based decision-making; technical support; Business; Design engineering; Electronics industry; Engineering management; Failure analysis; Productivity; Reliability engineering; Research and development; Research and development management; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Technology Management : the New International Language
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0161-7
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1991.183658