Authored By:
John Cooper
Ops A La Carte, LLC
CA, USA
Daniel Kwak
formerly at Samsung Electronics
TX, USA
Summary
We will look at reliability testing of consumer products, especially for startup and smaller to medium size companies, and which of these test and analytical tools can be used, and how they affect the product development process.
Conclusions
An overview of product reliability testing includes planning, analysis and testing phases in order to optimize the balance of product performance, project cost and time to market. Methods used by large companies can be used by smaller companies and startups with appropriate prioritization and use of outside testing laboratories. The impact of poor product reliability has a direct impact on actual costs, and early market acceptance (or rejection). Key to a successful product launch is the selection of methods for testing of critical failure modes such as impact durability, humidity and other stress factors, based on the user model study.
Initially Published in the SMTA Proceedings
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