The Effect of Quality Control Procedures on Component Reliability

The axiomatic relationship between component quality control and reliability is explored analytically in this paper for a particular Quality Control procedure, and the effects on reliability of different versions of the procedure are quantified with the aid of simple examples. Theoretical relationships could similarly be developed for other quality control procedures. This could lead to an increased understanding of the relationship between quality control procedures and component reliability. These relationships could provide a theoretical basis for comparing different procedures, although the absolute values obtained may have no practical importance due to the well known difficulty involved in identifying probability distributions for component parameters.