Springer Reliability Engineering

Specification and Performance

By: D. N. Prabhakar Murthy, Marvin Rausand, Trond Østerås

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Currently, reliability issues are not addressed effectively in new product development. Product reliability depends on the technical decisions made in the early stages and the impact of commercial outcomes in the latter stages. With an effective methodology for reliability performance and specification, one can make better decisions.

Product Reliability develops a framework linking reliability specifications and product performance in new product development by: (1) considering how customer needs and business aims can be translated into product development so that desired performance is met/exceeded; (2) discussing the data requirements, tools and techniques needed to build models vital to decision-making; (3) providing an approach applicable to many products.

This book is suitable for managers and engineers involved in new product design. It can be used as a text for graduate courses on design, manufacturing, new product development and operations management and in various engineering disciplines.

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An Overview	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Product Properties and Perspectives	p. 3
Product Properties: Attributes and Characteristics	p. 4
Consumer Perspective	p. 4
Manufacturer's Perspective	p. 5
Product Reliability	p. 5
Definition of Reliability	p. 5
Consequences of Failures	p. 6
Product Life Cycle	p. 7
Product Performance and Specification	p. 7
Product Performance	p. 7
Product Specification	p. 8
Performance-Specification Relationships	p. 8
Reliability Performance and Specification	p. 8
Methodology for Reliability Performance and Specification	p. 9
Systems Approach	p. 9
Objectives of the Book	p. 10
Case 1 [Cellular Phone]	p. 10
Case 2 [Safety Instrumented System]	p. 11
Outline of the Book	p. 12
New Product Development	p. 15
Introduction	p. 15
Products	p. 15
Product Classification	p. 16
""""Newness"""" of a New Product	p. 18
Product Decomposition	p. 19
Product Life and Product Life Cycles	p. 21
Product Life	p. 21
Product Life Cycle	p. 21
New Product Development	p. 22
New Product Development in the Overall Business Context	p. 22
A Brief Review of New Product Development Models	p. 23
Product Life Cycle Phases: Basic Concepts and Activities	p. 24
Front-end	p. 24
Design	p. 29
Development	p. 31
Production	p. 32
Post-production	p. 33
A New Model for Product Performance and Specification	p. 34
Product Performance and Specification	p. 37
Introduction	p. 37
Requirements, Preferences and Constraints	p. 37
Requirements	p. 37
Preferences	p. 38
Constraints	p. 39
Product Performance	p. 39
Conceptand Notions	p. 39
Types of Performance	p. 40
Product Specification	p. 42
Performance and Specification Relationships	p. 43
Performance and Specification in Stage I	p. 44
Phase1	p. 44
Phase2	p. 46
Phase3	p. 46
Some Comments	p. 48
Performancein Stage II	p. 49
Phase4	p. 49
Phase5	p. 50
Performancein Stage III	p. 50
Phase6	p. 51
Phase7	p. 51
Phase8	p. 52
Overall Process	p. 52
Reliability Performance and Specification	p. 53
An Introduction to Reliability Theory	p. 55
Introduction	p. 55
Basic Concepts	p. 56
Product Functions	p. 56
Failureand Related Concepts	p. 56
Different Notions of Product Reliability	p. 60
Reliability Science	p. 61
Reliability Modelling -1	p. 61
Reliability Modellingof Single Items	p. 61
Physical Modelling	p. 66
System Modelling	p. 67
Modelling Environmental Effects	p. 70
Reliability Modelling - II	p. 73
Modelling CM Actions	p. 73
Modelling PM Actions	p. 74
Other Approaches	p. 77
Reliability Analysis	p. 77
Qualitative Analysis	p. 77
Quantitative Analysis	p. 79
Simulation	p. 82
Reliability Engineering	p. 82
Reliability Allocation	p. 82
Reliability Improvement	p. 83
Root Cause Analysis	p. 85
Reliability Prediction and Assessment	p. 85
Reliability Prediction	p. 85
Reliability Assessment	p. 86
Reliability Management	p. 87
Costs	p. 87
Datafor Effective Management	p. 87
Case Study: Cellular Phone	p. 88
Performance and Specification in the Front-end Phase	p. 91
Introduction	p. 91
Front-end Process for Standard Products	p. 91
Data Collection and Analysis [Sub-phase 1]	p. 93
Data Collection	p. 93
Data Analysis	p. 94
Outcomeof Sub-phase1	p. 95
Idea Generationand Screening [Sub-phase 2]	p. 96
Customer Understanding	p. 96
Idea Generation	p. 97
Screeningof Ideas	p. 98
Outcome of Sub-phase 2	p. 99
Product Concept Formulation and Evaluation [Sub-phase 3]	p. 99
Defining DP-I	p. 99
Deriving SP-I	p. 103
Evaluating PP-I	p. 104
Models	p. 105
Outcomeof Sub-phase3	p. 110
Specialized (Custom-built) Products	p. 110
Performance Requirement	p. 110
Contract	p. 112
Reliability Improvement Warranty	p. 113
Idea Generationand Screening	p. 114
DP-I	p. 114
SP-I	p. 115
PP-I	p. 117
Outcomeof Phase1	p. 117
Implications for Product Reliability	p. 118
Case Study: Cellular Phone	p. 118
Performance and Specification during Design	p. 121
Introduction	p. 121
Phase 2 for Standard Products	p. 121
Defining DP-II	p. 122
Deriving SP-II	p. 123
Evaluating PP-II	p. 126
Phase 2 for Custom-built Products	p. 127
Models	p. 128
An Illustrative Case	p. 129
Option 1 [No Product Variety: Single Design]	p. 129
Option 2 [Product Variety: Two Designs]	p. 132
Phase 3 for Standard and Custom-built Products	p. 133
Sub-phase1	p. 134
Sub-phase j [j = 2,3, J - 1]	p. 136
Achieving the Allocated Reliability at Component Level	p. 137
Redundancy	p. 139
Preventive Maintenance	p. 140
Reliability Growth through Development	p. 140
Modelling for Optimal Decisions	p. 141
Outcomeof Phase3	p. 143
Case Study: Cellular Phone	p. 143
Performance During Development	p. 147
Introduction	p. 147
Phase 4 for Standard Products	p. 148
Reliability Development Testing	p. 149
Reliability Growth Testing	p. 149
Environmental Stressand Design Limit Testing	p. 150
Accelerated Testing	p. 150
Design of Experiments for Testing	p. 154
Principles of Test Design	p. 154
Relevant Issues	p. 155
Optimal Designof Experimentsfor Testing	p. 155
Analysisof Test Data	p. 156
Test Data	p. 156
Qualitative(Engineering) Analysis	p. 156
Graphical Analysis	p. 157
Statistical Analysis (Single Stress Level)	p. 158
Statistical Analysis (Multiple Stress Levels)	p. 164
Reliability Growth Models	p. 165
Discrete Reliability Growth Models	p. 166
Continuous Reliability Growth Models	p. 166
Bayesian Approach	p. 167
Risks in Reliability Development Programmes	p. 168
Phase 5 for Standard Products	p. 169
Phases 4 and 5 for Custom-built Products	p. 169
Case Study: Cellular Phone	p. 170
Product Performance and Production	p. 173
Introduction	p. 173
Phase 6 for Standard Products	p. 174
Production Process and Occurrence of Non-conforming Items	p. 175
Modelling Occurrenceof Non-conforming Items	p. 176
Effectof Quality Variations on Reliability Performance	p. 177
Variationin Component Quality	p. 178
Variationsin Assembly Operations	p. 179
Combined Effectsof Non-conformance	p. 179
Testing During Production	p. 179
Quality Control	p. 180
Off-line Controlof Production Process	p. 181
On-line Controlof Production Process	p. 181
Weeding Out Non-conforming Components	p. 184
Acceptance Sampling	p. 185
Sub-set Selection	p. 186
Burn-in	p. 186
Optimal Quality Control Effort	p. 187
Case Study: Cellular Phone	p. 187
Post-sale Performance	p. 191
Introduction	p. 191
Phase 7 for Standard Products	p. 191
Field Performance	p. 192
Decision Processin Phase7	p. 193
Data Collection	p. 193
Analysisof Dataand Estimating AP-II	p. 195
Root Cause Analysis	p. 202
Assessing Inherent and Design Reliability	p. 204
Phase 8 for Standard Products	p. 204
Decision Processin Phase8	p. 204
Data Collection	p. 205
Analysis of Data and Estimating AP-I	p. 206
Root Cause Analysis	p. 206
Phases 7 and 8 for Custom-Built Products	p. 209
Phase 7	p. 209
Phase 8	p. 210
Case Study: Cellular Phone	p. 210
Product Safety Requirements	p. 211
Introduction	p. 211
Safety Requirements	p. 212
Examples of Safety Requirements	p. 212
Essential Health and Safety Requirements	p. 216
EU Directives	p. 217
New Approach Directives	p. 217
The Machinery Directive	p. 218
The General Product Safety Directive	p. 218
CE Marking	p. 219
Harmonized Standards	p. 220
Risk Assessment	p. 221
Technical Construction File	p. 223
Case Study: Cellular Phone	p. 224
Reliability Management System	p. 227
Introduction	p. 227
Data, Information, and Knowledge (DIK)	p. 227
Data and Information	p. 227
Knowledge	p. 228
Engineering Knowledge	p. 231
Roleand Importance of DIK	p. 231
DIK in Phase1	p. 232
Dataand Information	p. 233
Knowledge	p. 233
DIK in Phases2and3	p. 233
Dataand Information	p. 234
Engineering Knowledge	p. 234
DIK in Phases4and5	p. 235
Dataand Information	p. 236
Knowledge	p. 236
DIK in Phases6-8	p. 236
Dataand Information	p. 236
Knowledge	p. 237
Reliability Management System	p. 237
Structure of the Reliability Management System	p. 238
Data and Information Module	p. 238
Reliability Databases	p. 244
Knowledge Module	p. 244
Interface Module	p. 247
Implementation Aspects	p. 248
Reliability Manager	p. 248
Reliability Management Department	p. 249
Symbols	p. 251
Acronyms	p. 253
Glossary	p. 257
References	p. 261
Index	p. 279
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