Ongoing Reliability Testing: Avoid Returns, Bad Reviews, and Warranty Claims!
Ongoing reliability testing, ORT testing for short, is the last stage of reliability testing once you’ve already designed and developed […]
Why do we test components and new products to failure during the NPI process?
Here at Agilian, we often use test to failure to evaluate how durable and reliable components and products are likely […]
How to Collect Reliability Data And Make It Work For You
Manufacturers can collect reliability data from their testing and product returns to assess the performance and durability of their products. […]
What You Should Think About Before Doing Reliability Testing
Our reliability expert, Andrew Amirnovin, recently discussed how to decide what kind of reliability testing your product needs for anyone […]
ISTA Package Testing: Get It Done Before Shipment To Protect Products
ISTA package testing is a form of packaging reliability testing that puts your shipping cartons through their paces to provide […]
Cost Of Poor Quality and Reliability: “Pay Me Now, or Pay Me Later.”
The cost of poor quality (and reliability) is a popular topic among quality and reliability professionals. A common argument occurs […]
Drop Testing | 3 Tests That Can Save You A LOT Of Money
Here we’re focusing on product testing, specifically, drop testing using smartphones as a typical example of a consumer electronic product […]
GE’s $500 Million Product Recall! What Can We Learn From This?
Jeff Immelt’s memoir ‘Hot Seat‘ about his time at GE, where he finally rose to become its CEO, is an […]
7 Secrets Behind Low Product Return Rates
When products are returned by consumers this is a huge problem for businesses. In this post, I’m going to share […]
How To Do Product Reliability Testing?
We’ve written before about the importance of designing reliable products. That’s all very well, but a common question we’re asked […]
How Reliability Testing Is Critical To Obtaining Great Mass-Produced Products
During the new product introduction process, it takes an enormous amount of time, energy, resources, and manpower to go from […]
Why The Most Common Reliability And Safety Testing Standards Are Limited
Regarding the limitations of common reliability and safety testing standards, I came upon an interesting video from automaker Tesla recently: In it, […]