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Chris and Dianna discuss the ‘sedentary inertia’ that many companies experience when they need to change … but can’t (don’t want to). Especially in the world of quality!
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Dianna and Chris discussing their different viewpoints of quality and reliability: how they are really two sides of a coin that are supported by the culture of an organization and by individual contributors.
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Greg and Fred discuss the future of quality and reliability – which may be ‘back to the future’ of quality.
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Dianna and Fred discussing differences and similarities between quality and reliability.
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Dianna and Fred discussing the role of Quality and quality professionals in an organization.
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Chris and Fred discuss the use of this thing called ‘Cpk’ which is what we call a ‘capability index.’ This is a measure of how ‘capable’ a typically manufacturing process is, which helps us understand the percentage of defects we create. But reliability engineers often see this as something that ‘manufacturing teams’ or ‘quality people’ do. But is it?
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Chris and Fred discuss what ‘Cpk’ and other ‘capability indices’ mean … especially when it comes to reliability. Never heard of this or want to learn more? Listen to this podcast!
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Chris and Adam discuss how the definitions of ‘reliability’ and ‘quality’ align … or differ. What are the differences? Do these differences matter for all applications? Is there merit in arguing that there is a difference? Well … the answer to each question is both ‘yes’ and ‘no.’ Confused? Perhaps listening to this podcast might help. Because we should only use definitions that help us and our organization. In a way, using a definition that makes the most sense to your organization is not only acceptable, it is necessary. And many organizations have failed because they have never understood these differences.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the relationship between quality and reliability. Quality can lead to a functional failure but sometimes is cosmetic or feel of a product.
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Adam and Chris Stapelmann discussing how the disciplines of Quality and Reliability differ.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the Taguchi loss function and the problem of making it “in spec” but not on target.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the differences found between what is considered a “Quality” department issue, and what is a “Reliability” department issue.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the way quality and reliability are seen as different although both may cause the product to be considered a failure in the eyes of the customers.
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