Robust Design & Reliability I delivered a webinar recently to describe the differences and similarities between robust design (RD) activities and reliability engineering (RE) activities in hardware product development . A survey we took from several hundred attendees indicated a diversity of opinions. About half the participants indicated they did not differentiate at all between the two methodologies. Approximately 20 % indicated they did differentiate between the two methodologies, and about 30% indicated that they did not know. I was quite surprised at the result, especially since participants came from working quality engineers, reliability engineers, engineering directors, system engineers, etc. Somewhere along the way, the differences and similarities …
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