New To Quality or Need a Refresher? Let ASQ's Quality Resources Help. Our Topic for This Week is Reliability.
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Reliability is defined as the probability that a product, system, or service will perform its intended function adequately for a specified period of time, or will operate in a defined environment without failure.
The most important components of this definition must be clearly understood to fully know how reliability in a product or service is established:
The most important components of this definition must be clearly understood to fully know how reliability in a product or service is established:
- Probability: the likelihood of mission success
- Intended function: for example, to light, cut, rotate, or heat
- Satisfactory: perform according to a specification, with an acceptable degree of compliance
- Specific period of time: minutes, days, months, or number of cycles
- Specified conditions: for example, temperature, speed, or pressure
- Probability of success
- Durability
- Dependability
- Quality over time
- Availability to perform a function
News Quality Management Division
04/29/2023 12:17pm CDT
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