This book presents a methodology to minimize the  life cycle cost of a product based on the decision  variables controlled by a reliability/quality  professional during a product development process.   The relationship between product quality and product  reliability continues to be a gray area due to the  different nature of failures attributed to those two  categories and a general lack of studies  establishing the effect of product validation  activities on future field failures.  The methodology proposed in this book incorporates  all product dependability-related activities into a  comprehensive probabilistic cost model that enables  minimization of the product?s life cycle cost.  The  major model inputs include the cost of ownership of  test equipment, forecasted cost of warranty returns,  and environmental test parameters of a product  validation program.  This work will provide  reliability professionals with a methodology to  evaluate the efficiency of a product validation  program from a life cycle cost point of view, and  ultimately minimize that cost by optimizing the test  flow of the product validation process.

Determining Optimal Reliability Targets: Engineering Analysis and Simulation of Product Validation Costs and Warranty Data

Engineering & Transportation

Kleyner, Andre

Engineering

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Determining Optimal Reliability Targets: Engineering Analysis and Simulation of Product Validation Costs and Warranty Data