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Carl and Chris discuss the broad subject of reliability allocation. What is it, when is it used, and what are the primary pitfalls to success?
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Carl and Dianna discuss two of the least understood and potentially powerful FMEA data elements: Special Product Characteristics for Design FMEAs, and Special Process Characteristics for Process FMEAs.
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Carl and Chris discuss the changing opportunities and challenges with AI and reliability engineering. What are the positive interactions, and where should we be concerned?
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“Risk analysis is the art of turning uncertainty into actionable insight.” — Anonymous
In this article, I will outline how to evaluate an FMEA against the FMEA Quality Objective for Technical Risk Analysis.
By definition, “risk analysis” is “the systematic process of identifying, evaluating, and estimating the levels of risk involved in a situation, process, or system, in order to inform decision-making. [Read more…]
Carl and Fred discuss our top advice for those starting a role as a reliability engineer for the first time.
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Carl and Fred discuss the use of AI with FMEA, what works and what does not work.
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Many ideas grow better when they are transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up. Oliver Wendell Holmes
In this article, I will outline how to evaluate an FMEA against the FMEA Quality Objective for FMEA Team. I’ll include relevant information from the chapter in the FMEA Preparation series called “Assembling the Correct FMEA Team.”
Every failure is a lesson learned about your strategy. Thomas Edison
In this article, I will discuss how to evaluate an FMEA against the FMEA Quality Objective for Lessons Learned.
By definition, a “lesson” means “something learned by study or experience,” and “learn” means “to gain knowledge or understanding of by study, instruction or experience.”
Lessons Learned are specific data from the field (or from manufacturing plant history in the case of Process FMEAs) that documents relevant information about failures, from which knowledge can be gained and used in support of future product programs. [Read more…]
Carl and Fred discuss a few ways to use AI during the reliability planning process.
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Carl and Fred discuss a question from a listener about the scope and procedure for a System FMEA, and what is different from other FMEA types.
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A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures. Ben Shneiderman
In this article, I will outline how to evaluate an individual Design FMEA (DFMEA) against the FMEA Quality Objective for Interfaces. [Read more…]
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra
In this article, I will outline how to evaluate an individual FMEA against the FMEA Quality Objective for Scope. [Read more…]
Carl and Fred discuss the difference between the body of knowledge of reliability and safety, and how they work together.
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Carl and Fred discuss the importance of reliability engineering and customer service working together to increase reliability and safety from the customer point of view. It is very important to understand how customers actually use your product, and customer service staff are uniquely positioned to provide that insight.
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Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning Thomas Edison
In this article, I will outline how to evaluate an FMEA Plan against the FMEA Quality Objective for FMEA Plans.
