EFFECT OF VALUE ENGINEERING ON SYSTEM RELIABILITY

Value engineering changes to equipment or methods of contract performance may have either a beneficial or detrimental effect upon equipment reliability. Changes are discussed which are likely to improve reliability because they have the following features-reduction in parts count, reduction in power consumption, improved accessibility and testability, reduction in number and complexity of manufacturing operations, and improvement in marginal design parameters. Reliability and cost improvement figures are briefly considered. Reliability pitfalls in value engineering are discussed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 10th Annual West Coast Reliability Symposium, Los Angeles, California, Feb 21, 1969
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Quality Control

  611 East Wisconsin Avenue P.O. Box 3005
  Milwaukee, WI  United States  53201-3005
• Authors:
  • Pett, M T
• Conference:
  • 10th Annual West Coast Reliability Symposium, Los Angeles, California, Feb 21, 1969
• Publication Date: 1969-2-21

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 65-71

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Reliability; Value engineering
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00005911
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 25 1974 12:00AM