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Infant Mortality Failure
Early failures that occur in the initial phase of a product's life cycle, most likely due to
production mistakes which IE's are trained to resolve and reduce
Bathtub Curve
The typical failure rate of a product over time
Reliability
The ability of a product to perform a required function under stated conditions for a stated
period of time
Warranty
A guarantee made to the purchaser of an article by its manufacturer
Systems in series
The entire system fails if any one component in the system fails; there is no redundancy built in.