siliconindia | | NOVEMBER 20198he technology landscape continues to be on an ever evolving journey. The conventional services are rapidly making way for the new age digital services to take over and transform the status quo. The role of technology enablers too have scaled up to now assume the hat of a consultant than a mere outsourcing partner. Testing & Measurement is one such domain that has witnessed transformational changes in the modern day era.However with change being the one constant, existing general approaches towards addressing testing & measurement pursuits and objectives need a complete overhaul. It is here that engineering services or popularly known as Engineering, Research & Development (ER&D) services comes in to play an important role. The benefits brought about by ER&D to the overall T&M landscape are distinct and unmatched.Take for instance the automation aspect brought about by ER&D services. It reduces the dependency on human intervention and also scores high on saving time and money. Furthermore, for testing & measurement tasks related to compliance objectives such as in critical aerospace, automotive or medical domains, an ER&D based approach ensures fool proof mechanism in place. The same goes for industry safety critical applications as well. ER&D thus ensures that the scope of purview and therefore work is comprehensive and does away with the general practice of testing only the final product. One common problem encountered while pursuing testing & measurement is the SIL (Safety Integrated Level) Compliance which is a crucial component for testing. An ER&D Services based approach ensures that such critical phases are also taken care of by expanding the testing beyond mere end product testing to one where each and every unit level or module level testing is undertaken. Moreover under the conventional approach, numerous factors such as software-to-software testing or software-to-hardware testing have to be factored in. While all these phases have to be addressed as per existing framework or processes, often the frameworks are not integrated adding to the challenge. However in case of ER&D, the holistic approach ensures support across all levels taking it all the way from unit testing to module to system testing. For the manufacturing sector, while product development can be considered as the heart of engineering practices, testing is the backbone that guards it.What do Testers Seek?It is crucial for enterprises to understand how testing is integrated into the product development process. The importance of testing can be understood in terms of four major parameters - performance, consistency, safety and robustness. Its applications also cover verification and validation of the product functionality as well as its reliability which are indispensable for customer retention. Throughout the product development lifecycle, right from initial verification of the design to the final stages, the models have to be repeatedly and methodically tested. The various variables that lay the blueprint of this mechanism comprise several internal & external factors, use cases and cost. On the basis of these the best form of testing is selected and implemented at generally 3 levels ­ system, TIN MY OPiNIONLEAVING NO IOTA OF ERROR IN TESTING & MEASUREMENT ­ THE ER&D WAYBy Rabi Rout, Global Head - Embedded Systems Practice, L&T Technology ServicesL&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS) is a global leader in Engineering and R&D (ER&D) services. With 48 Innovation and R&D design centers globally, LTTS specializes in disruptive technology spaces such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Collaborative Robots, Digital Factory, and Autonomous Transport.Rabi Rout, Global Head
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