1997
DOI: 10.1108/02656719710181376
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Abstract: States that the time taken to deliver a product to the market determines a company’s success, and that research has shown that a delay of six months leads to 33 per cent of its potential profit being lost. Explores the existing method of assessing new product reliability, namely reliability demonstrating testing, and presents its numerous shortcomings and deficiencies. Analyses the results of performing reliability demonstration testing on eight products which support the viewpoint that it is no longer appropr… Show more

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“…Donovan et al 15 analysed the data from 16 reliability demonstration tests performed using the SPRT and showed that the effective outcome of reliability demonstration testing is merely the debugging of products. Defects were found in the design, components and manufacturing process that could have been detected much earlier.…”
Section: Limitations Of Reliability Demonstration Testingmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Donovan et al 15 analysed the data from 16 reliability demonstration tests performed using the SPRT and showed that the effective outcome of reliability demonstration testing is merely the debugging of products. Defects were found in the design, components and manufacturing process that could have been detected much earlier.…”
Section: Limitations Of Reliability Demonstration Testingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The SURGE process represents a comprehensive methodology that focuses on reliability improvement rather than reliability measurement. The experience of Donovan et al 15 has identified that reliability testing must start as early as possible and continue for the remaining duration of the development phase. By controlling the development process, generic improvements can be made to the development process that builds upon the Features Figure 2.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Should one require a lower failure rate, then the percentage reduction in test time will increase. This aspect of the new model is particularly interesting as it is extremely important for companies to reduce the time it takes to bring products to the market place (Donovan and Murphy, 1997). This time-to-market reduction must be achieved without any deterioration in reliability.…”
Section: Instantaneous Mtbf Comparisonmentioning
confidence: 99%