Maintenance
The operational reliability and service life of machines, vehicles, various appliances, bridges,…
Time to Failure of Deteriorating Objects
As we have seen in Chapter 4, failure rate often changes with…
Reliability of Systems
Many objects consist of more parts or elements. From reliability point of…
Bathtub Curve
Failure rate, as defined in Chapter 3, can change with time. Figure 1 shows…
Characteristics of Reliability
Reliability is usually characterized by the probability of failure or by the…
Probability basics
The occurrence of failures is usually accompanied by some uncertainty. This is…
Basic Terms of Reliability
In matters of reliability, people from various branches — manufacturers, customers, technicians,…
Motivating Skills – What Motivates You?
The following worksheet is designed to find out what motivates you so…
Motivating Skills – Delegation
Delegation is one of the most important, yet most misunderstood word in…
Motivating Skills – Performance Management
Motivating others through Performance Management is an umbrella term used to describe…


