What is reliability management?  Reliability Engineering?  Would a product design or an organization benefit with a focus on reliability management and engineering?  What is the value of a focus on reliability?

Any organization, that develops and produces products, has resource limits. It may be talent, capabilities, time, funding, or some combination of these.  Yet, the goal to create a product that meets customer expectations includes the concept of product reliability.  The product should provide the expected functions over time, without failure.  This expected product reliability occurs, even if the design requirements and advertising do not explicitly mention product reliability. Continue reading →