Maintenance FMEAs
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Carl and Fred discussing the application of FMEAs in support of asset maintenance.
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SOR 643 Maintenance FMEAs
SOR 642 What Price Reliability?
What Price Reliability?
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Carl and Fred discussing the reliability of the Texas electric grid debacle, and what can be learned from a reliability point of view. Lessons learned from this problem can be applied to other industries.
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Is There a Better Way Than RPN?
“Number rules the universe.” – Pythagoras
Risk Priority Number (RPN) . . . by definition, a single number that represents relative risk for prioritizing issues in an FMEA. Sounds simple. But, how well does it work in practice? And, is there a better way?
This article highlights shortcomings and concerns when using RPN in FMEA, and discusses an alternative. It is a companion article to “Prioritizing risk for corrective actions in an FMEA.”
How to Get Better Results with FMEAs, in Less Time
“Time is money” – Benjamin Franklin
One of the most common complaints about FMEAs is that they can take a long time to do. This article presents solutions to this challenge.
SOR 628 HALT & Activation Energy
HALT & Activation Energy
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Carl and Fred discussing a listener-submitted topic about highly accelerated life testing.
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SOR 627 Selecting Tools for a Plan
Selecting Tools for a Plan
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Carl and Fred discussing how to select the tools that will be used in reliability plans.
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SOR 626 The Dangers of Group Think
The Dangers of Group Think
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Carl and Fred discussing the dynamics of teams, how they work, and what can go wrong.
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SOR 625 Common Sense
Common Sense
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Carl and Fred discussing the role of common sense in reliability engineering and management.
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FMEA and Robust Design
One of the most important concepts in designing for reliability is robust design. This article is a high-level overview of robust design and its relationship to FMEA.
“For the robust, an error is information.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb
SOR 616 Teaching Reliability Part 2
Teaching Reliability Part 2
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Carl and Fred continuing to discuss how to teach reliability. This is part 2 of the podcast series “Teaching Reliability.”
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Hazard Analysis and FMEA
“The danger which is least expected soonest comes to us.” Voltaire
This article discusses the application of Hazard Analysis, why it is used, and the similarities and differences with FMEA.
SOR 608 Attributes of Reliability Requirements
Attributes of Reliability Requirements
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Carl and Fred discussing the attributes of good reliability requirements, and how they can be used to improve the reliability requirements setting process.
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SOR 607 Reliability Decisions
Reliability Decisions
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Carl and Fred discussing some of their most memorable reliability decisions, and how the decisions came about.
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Understanding Software FMEA
“My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.” Anonymous
More and more mechanical and electrical systems include software integration. The FMEA methodology applies very well to software as well as hardware. It is possible to include software functionality in the System FMEA as part of the functional descriptions. However, for complex software functionality such as embedded control systems, it may be useful to perform a separate software FMEA.
SOR 597 Reliability Tools: Supporting Good Decisions and Adding Value
Reliability Tools: Supporting Good Decisions and Adding Value
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Carl and Fred discussing the myriad of reliability methods and tools, and how they can be differentiated by how they support program decisions and add value.
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