For both the manufacturer and the purchaser, reliability is one of the most important characteristics defining the quality of a product or system. High reliability is achieved through design efforts, choice of materials and other inputs, production, quality assurance efforts, proper maintenance, and many related decisions and activities, all of which add to the costs of production, purchase, and ownership of the product. This book collects twenty six actual case studies, written by top experts in their fields, to demonstrate how reliability methods are applied in the real world.