| Abstract: | ![]()
Various schemes have been created for verifying that reliability is not degraded during production. These include the periodic performance of reliability tests during production, three versions of an all-equipment reliability test plan and Bayesian approaches. Each method has its drawbacks. The purpose of all of these is to verify that the production process is continuing to produce products of acceptable reliability, for which the long-existing tools of statistical process control are directly applicable and advantageous. A method of verifying production reliability based on the use of a control chart for failure rate is proposed as a better way than the current standards and alternatives discussed in this paper. |
