BS 5760-0:2014

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
  and abbreviations
3 Basic principles of reliability
4 Basic principles of maintainability
5 Managing reliability and maintainability
6 Availability, reliability and maintainability
  in the life cycle
7 Use of reliability and maintainability
  in tenders and contracts
8 Interaction with related disciplines
Annexes
Annex A (informative) - Failure patterns
Annex B (informative) - Availability
Annex C (informative) - Integrated logistic support
Bibliography

Provides guidance on the basic principles of reliability and maintainability that are applicable to any business model.

This part of BS5760 gives guidance on the basic principles of reliability and maintainability that are applicable to any business model.

It is particularly applicable to reliability and maintainability in the design, manufacturing, management and decommissioning of products, equipment, services, plant or structures, and gives guidance on matters of common interest to any business supplying or purchasing products, services, plant or structures.

This part of BS5760 provides all managers and engineers involved in the specification, design, development, manufacture, acceptance and use of engineering artefacts with guidance on how to manage reliability and maintainability effectively and develop an auditable record of activities. This standard is also applicable to students and anyone else who needs to understand how to develop, manufacture and support systems and equipment that meet the needs of the user by working when required.

This part of BS5760 does not give guidance on issues relating to safety. However, much of the guidance could also be applied to the production of safety cases.

NOTE Guidance on component reliability is given in BSCECC00804.