New book, “How Reliable Is Your Product? 50 Ways to Improve Product Reliability” by Mike Silverman, founder and managing partner at Ops A La Carte, provides hands on teaching principals, case studies and facts to help companies optimize the reliability of their products.
“I wrote the book with the core belief that engineers need practical experience and basic education about reliability, rather than volumes of theories and formulas,” said Silverman. “We compiled data from our work with more than 500 companies spanning 100 different industries to find the best practices and most efficient and effective ways to design or manufacture any product and optimize it to withstand the most critical testing.”
“Mike takes you on a guided tour of Design for Reliability techniques, which are interwoven with many fascinating and useful case studies that demonstrate how this approach has already benefited many organizations. He has gifted you with the tools to help make your great products better,” states Mark Turner, CRP, Six Sigma and DFSS Black Belt, Director of Reliability, Enecsys.
“The book presents practical examples of what an engineer should and shouldn’t do to be successful in developing a reliable product. It is a must read for all engineers and managers who are involved with corporate-wide improvement efforts,” states James McLinn, CRE, Fellow ASQ, Manager of Reliability, Beckman-Coulter.
This unique book covers examples from a number of core industries including aerospace, defense, clean technology, consumer electronics, medical, networking, oil and gas, semiconductor equipment, and telecommunications. It describes a number of situations and presents practical examples of what a reliability engineer should do to be successful. These 50 Ways are organized according to the phases of a project and a maturity matrix is presented as a means to measure progress. The many examples show proactive use of reliability tools for hardware and software. All are accompanied by concise case studies showing how to apply tools and handle common situations. It is a must read for all engineers and managers who are involved with corporate wide improvement efforts.
The book is described well in a promotional video at: 50Ways-TheVideo or on YouTube.
Copies of the book can be purchased at SuperStar Press or Amazon.
About the Author
Mike Silverman brings a unique perspective with more than 25 years experience in reliability engineering, management and training. He owns a reliability consulting firm Ops A La Carte and a reliability test lab HALT and HASS Labs. You can read Mike’s full bio at Mike Silverman.