Are you prepared to take responsibility for the consequences of not testing? At a time when corporate accountants are scrutinizing a company's every expenditure, cost-cutting can go too far — and ...

Traditional in-person factory acceptance testing, also known as witness testing, is a challenge during a pandemic. To keep projects moving, power management company Eaton developed a virtual method to ...

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Software has become more granular. Not just in terms of components, de-coupled services, containers and the way we separate parallel programming streams, but also in terms of process. More ...

When adding, modifying, or upgrading a system, many critical infrastructures conduct a factory acceptance test (FAT). A FAT includes a customized testing procedure for systems and is completed before ...

The full-scope simulator for Phase I of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant - comprising two CAP1000 reactors - in China's Guangdong province has passed acceptance tests after having been installed ...

A piece of major HVAC equipment might list an efficiency rating, but in reality, it’s more like a hope or a wish — with several “if’s” standing between the customer and the performance they are paying ...

Mobile network operators (MNOs) are in the midst of launching commercial 5G networks. They need base stations and devices to deliver the promise of 5G to consumers. Bringing 5G base stations and ...

The investment in a solid factory acceptance test (FAT) pays big dividends and makes a large contribution to a successful project. Rushing to startup, taking shortcuts, or bypassing the FAT typically ...