Abstract

Kirk and Fred discussing the many causes and contributors to products failing after purchase. How do we know which factors are the largest contributor to causing failures?

Key Points

Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss they question everyone would like to know before they purchase a electronic product, that is “how long will it last?”.

Topics include:

• What can engineers do to understand the underlying causes to failures besides the counting the returns?
• Is the design of the product always the ultimate cause of failures, since design for manufacturing and the variation in manufacturing and field use should be built into the design?
• The GM ignition key and airbag failures are a well documented case history of multiple chains of failure of design and testing.

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques, to field data analysis approaches.

SOR 255 How Much is Reliability Dependent on the Design, the Manufacturing, and the Customer Use Conditions?Kirk Gray

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Show Notes

Click HERE to read Kirk’s LinkedIn article on the failure of GM to find and fix its airbag and ignition. It is titled “Will GM add a Fish Scale to its Reliability Toolkit?”

For more information about Kirk's Consulting services, please see his Accelerated Reliability Solutions website please click here

To see or purchase Kirk's new book co-authored with John Paschkewitz, Next Generation HALT and HASS: Robust Design of Electronics and Systems please click on this link.

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