Improving dependability
The availability performance, or Dependability, of a product is a principal
decision factor in business success. The main influences on availability
performance are the reliability and maintenance design characteristics and the
maintenance support performance. Dependability affects product costs and
processes and is an inherent property driving product performance. As with any
technical discipline, dependability needs to be managed in order to achieve
high-value products for customers. This important concept is examined in depth
in the BS EN 60300 series of international standards.
Supporting development
By applying the experience of a wide variety of projects Taranto Consultancy
can:
- Develop and assist in implementation of a dependability strategy within an
organisation
- Provide advice on applicability dependability techniques to specific
projects
- Undertake, or peer review, analyses which are part of a dependability
programme
As a member of a number of committees responsible for developing the standards
and chairman of the BSI dependability committee,
Gerald Taranto is well qualified to assist any organisation in implementing
their dependability programme.
Independent expert review
An increasing number of contracts require a reliability and maintainability to
be addressed in either qualitative or quantitative terms to show that customer
requirements are met. Taranto Consultancy can offer an independent review of
both incoming and outgoing requirements related to reliability and
maintainability issues. However competent in-house teams are, they can sometimes
be too close to their product to recognise areas where they may not be
satisfying customer demands; a truly independent review can provide a fresh
appraisal and assist in achieving company goals.
BS EN 60300 Dependability Management
This is a series of documents developed by the
International Electrotechnical Commssion (IEC) Technical
Committee TC56 and adopted by
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) as a
European Standard and published by the
British Standards Institution (BSI) as a British Standard.
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Improving dependability
