Reliability engineering deals with an organized approach of time & Cost effective engineering methodologies over a span of product's lifecycle. Its basic purpose is to develop methods and tools to evaluate and demonstrate Reliability, Maintainability, availability Obsolescence management, Configuration Control Management (CCM) and safety of components, equipment and systems, as well as to support Design and Production engineers in developing these characteristics in the design stage.

The word "Reliability" is a broad term and has been defined differently by various Reliability scholars. Without intricating it further, we will try to understand the Reliability fundamentals in simple words. Reliability may be defined as The probability that an item will perform its intended function for a specified time interval under stated use condition.

This post will discuss various important aspects of Obsolescence such as What is Obsolescence, How it happens, Why it is so critical and its types.

There are various types of Proactive Approach to mitigate obsolescence. The selection of suitable approach must be based on the likely obsolescence. In our previous post we discussed about types of Obsolescence mitigation approach i.e Reactive and Proactive Approach in Detail. This post will...

Obsolescence Risk Assessment Process is a critical activity for effective management of Obsolescence and deciding suitable Mitigation Strategy. Here in this post, we will discuss a suitable Obsolescence Management process and its associated activities that has been designed based on years of experience.

An Obsolescence Management Process has various advantages if it is effective integrated to various stages of a product with an objective to tackle Obsolescence. With the increasing popularity and functionality of Commercial components in comparison to cost, the component obsolescence has been much frequent....