A Guest Post by Jim McLeish titled:
Replacing MTBF/MTTF with Bx/Lx Reliability Metrics
Jim McLeish – Mid-West Regional Manager – DfR Solutions
(Rochester Hills Michigan)
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcleish
Expanded from the RIAC Reliability Information Analysis Center Linkedin Group Discussion on
“Great challenge for change from Fred – No MTBF!”
“Endless discussion and it seems there’s no real solution to get rid of MTBF”
See original and ongoing Linkedin discussion here.
I am absolutely astonished that the reliability profession and its noted experts are unable to develop a better metric to characterize reliability performance and specify reliability requirements. I respectfully submit that there is a simple and eloquent solution that has successfully been used in the ball bearing and machine industry for decades (that actually predates MTBF/MTTF), that should be considered as a replacement to MTBF/MTTF. Continue reading Replacing MTBF with Bx