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by Steven Wachs Leave a Comment

01 Why Reliability & Typical Questions

01 Why Reliability & Typical Questions

Module 1 Reliability Concepts & Data

Lesson M01-01

Text: Section 1 page 1

Duration: 18 minutes

  • Reliability Analysis Methods
    • M01 Reliability Concepts & Data
      • 01 Why Reliability & Typical Questions
      • 02 Defining Reliability
      • 03 Type of Reliability Data & Unique Aspects
      • 04 Censored Data
      • 05 The Bathtub Curve & Reliability Function
    • M02 Probability & Reliability Statistics
      • 01 Probability Basics
      • 02 Conditional Probability, Independent Events, & Exercise
      • 03 Reliability Metrics & Statistics
      • 04 Common Distributions & Weibull Distribution
      • 05 Conditional Reliability & Exercise
      • 06 Review Exercises
      • 07 Useful Discrete Distributions & Exercise
    • M03 Assessing & Selecting Models for Time-to-Failure Data
      • 01 Overview of Distribution Fitting & Reliability
      • 02 Probability Plots & Minitab Demonstration
      • 03 Constructing Probability Plots
      • 04 Distribution Fitting with Right-Censored Data
      • 05 Exercises
      • 06 Distribution Fitting with Multiple Failure Modes
      • 07 Exercise and Module Wrap-up
    • M04 Estimation of Reliability Metrics
      • 01 Overview of Reliability Estimation & Methods
      • 02 Confidence Intervals & Bounds
      • 03 Using Minitab to Estimate Reliability Metrics (Demo)
      • 04 Exercise
      • 05 Reliability Estimation with Censored Data
      • 06 Comparing Multiple Groups
      • 07 Exercises
      • 08 Handling Multiple Failure Modes & Exercise
      • 09 Non-Parametric Estimation
      • 10 Other Methods for Reliability Prediction
    • M05 Introduction to System Reliability
      • 01 System Reliability Overview & Basic Series Systems
      • 02 Basic Parallel Systems & Short Exercise
      • 03 k-out-of-n Parallel Systems & Combination Systems
      • 04 Exercises
      • 05 Complex Systems
      • 06 Reliability Importance, Reliability Allocation, & other Concepts
    • M06 Reliability Test Planning
      • 01 Reliability Testing Ideas
      • 02 Reliability Test Planning & Censoring Schemes
      • 03 Reliability Estimation Test Planning
      • 04 Exercises
      • 05 Reliability Demonstration Test Planning
      • 06 Exercise
      • 07 Zero Failure Test Plans Special Case & Module Wrap-up
    • M07 Analysis of Warranty Data
      • 01 Warranty Analysis Overview & Key Concepts
      • 02 Data Setup & Calculations
      • 03 Minitab Demonstration
      • 04 Exercise
    • M08 Design for Reliability (DFR)
      • 01 Design for Reliability (DFR) Overview
      • 02 DFR Process & Methodology Overview
    • M09 Introduction to Advanced Topics
      • 01 Types of Accelerated Life Testing (ALT)
      • 02 Introduction to Quantitative ALT
      • 03 Introduction to Repairable System Analysis
      • 04 Stress-Strength Analysis

 

Intense global competition and increasing customer expectationsIntense global competition and increasing customer expectations have increased the pressure on manufacturers to produce high-quality and reliable products. Improving reliability is a key element of the larger overall objective of improving product quality. The survival of any manufacturer today is dependent on its ability to produce reliable products.

Although a primary objective of reliability analysis is to improve product reliability, there are many possible reasons for collecting and analyzing reliability data. Several examples are the following:

  • Assessing product reliability in the field
  • Predicting product warranty costs
  • Assessing the effect of a proposed design change
  • Demonstrating product reliability to customers or government agencies
  • Improving reliability through the use of laboratory experiments
  • Providing risk assessment for safety-critical systems

 

  • Reliability Analysis Methods
    • M01 Reliability Concepts & Data
      • 01 Why Reliability & Typical Questions
      • 02 Defining Reliability
      • 03 Type of Reliability Data & Unique Aspects
      • 04 Censored Data
      • 05 The Bathtub Curve & Reliability Function
    • M02 Probability & Reliability Statistics
      • 01 Probability Basics
      • 02 Conditional Probability, Independent Events, & Exercise
      • 03 Reliability Metrics & Statistics
      • 04 Common Distributions & Weibull Distribution
      • 05 Conditional Reliability & Exercise
      • 06 Review Exercises
      • 07 Useful Discrete Distributions & Exercise
    • M03 Assessing & Selecting Models for Time-to-Failure Data
      • 01 Overview of Distribution Fitting & Reliability
      • 02 Probability Plots & Minitab Demonstration
      • 03 Constructing Probability Plots
      • 04 Distribution Fitting with Right-Censored Data
      • 05 Exercises
      • 06 Distribution Fitting with Multiple Failure Modes
      • 07 Exercise and Module Wrap-up
    • M04 Estimation of Reliability Metrics
      • 01 Overview of Reliability Estimation & Methods
      • 02 Confidence Intervals & Bounds
      • 03 Using Minitab to Estimate Reliability Metrics (Demo)
      • 04 Exercise
      • 05 Reliability Estimation with Censored Data
      • 06 Comparing Multiple Groups
      • 07 Exercises
      • 08 Handling Multiple Failure Modes & Exercise
      • 09 Non-Parametric Estimation
      • 10 Other Methods for Reliability Prediction
    • M05 Introduction to System Reliability
      • 01 System Reliability Overview & Basic Series Systems
      • 02 Basic Parallel Systems & Short Exercise
      • 03 k-out-of-n Parallel Systems & Combination Systems
      • 04 Exercises
      • 05 Complex Systems
      • 06 Reliability Importance, Reliability Allocation, & other Concepts
    • M06 Reliability Test Planning
      • 01 Reliability Testing Ideas
      • 02 Reliability Test Planning & Censoring Schemes
      • 03 Reliability Estimation Test Planning
      • 04 Exercises
      • 05 Reliability Demonstration Test Planning
      • 06 Exercise
      • 07 Zero Failure Test Plans Special Case & Module Wrap-up
    • M07 Analysis of Warranty Data
      • 01 Warranty Analysis Overview & Key Concepts
      • 02 Data Setup & Calculations
      • 03 Minitab Demonstration
      • 04 Exercise
    • M08 Design for Reliability (DFR)
      • 01 Design for Reliability (DFR) Overview
      • 02 DFR Process & Methodology Overview
    • M09 Introduction to Advanced Topics
      • 01 Types of Accelerated Life Testing (ALT)
      • 02 Introduction to Quantitative ALT
      • 03 Introduction to Repairable System Analysis
      • 04 Stress-Strength Analysis


About Steven Wachs

Steven Wachs has 25 years of wide-ranging industry experience in both technical and management positions. Steve has worked as a statistician at Ford Motor Company where he has extensive experience in the development of statistical models, reliability analysis, designed experimentation, and statistical process control.

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