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In this episode...
Renaud hosts today and is joined by Andrew Amirnovin, Sofeast's reliability expert and our head of New Product Development, to cover the topic of reliability data and how it can be used to help you make better products and reduce your costs.
Show Sections
00:00 - Greetings and introducing today's topic.
00:43 - What kind of reliability data can we get?
04:43 - Keeping a database of past issues or 'lessons learnt.'
10:29 - Where do issues that occur during manufacturing come from?
12:50 - How can reliability data be used to make better products?
17:16 - How user experience can influence a new testing plan.
19:46 - Over-engineering and reliability: Mercedes Cars in the 1980s and NOKIA phones that seemed to be indestructible.
25:11 - How can reliability data be used to cut production costs?
27:56 - An example from the early automobile industry: Henry Ford's Model-T Kingpin
33:52 - Takata airbag safety scandal.
38:39 - Wrapping up.
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Get help from Sofeast to do Reliability Engineering & Testing (in a China lab) - we provide reliability engineering services including reliability testing on component and PCB levels as well as the product level on various types of consumer products. Some of these tests include drop, vibration, temperature and humidity and package testing. We can customize the right tests for your product.
The story of the NOKIA 3210
How To Do Product Reliability Testing?
DFR Design For Reliability Guide & Implementation Secrets
Henry Ford kingpin story
Takata airbag recall
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