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SOR 539 History of Reliability Part 1

SOR 539 History of Reliability Part 1

History of Reliability Part 1

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Chris and Adam discuss the history of reliability engineering. Everyone (customer, manufacturer, builder) has different ideas of what reliability is. And this has changed throughout history. Perhaps we can learn something from what reliability engineering has also changed throughout history. As they say – those who don’t learn from history are destined to repeat it. This is the first of three podcasts that look at the history of reliability for this purpose: seeing what we can learn to help reliability engineering now and tomorrow.
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SOR 535 Did RAMS Deliver on this Year’s Theme?

SOR 535 Did RAMS Deliver on this Year’s Theme?

Did RAMS Deliver on this Year’s Theme?

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Chris and Joe Bell from G2OPs talk about systems engineering and how it relates to reliability engineering. Joe and his team focus on Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and was hoping to learn more about reliability and MBSE at the 2020 Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS). Was RAMS successful in helping out Joe? Listen to this podcast to learn more.
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Weibull Probability Plotting

Weibull Probability Plotting

Weibull Probability Plotting
How to learn more by just looking!

podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson

If you are a reliability engineer – chances are you have done a Weibull plot. You take something like failure data, put it into a piece of software, and presto! [Read more…]

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SOR 527 What You Want

SOR 527 What You Want

SOR 527 What You Want

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Chris discusses … what you want. Pretty broad I know. But there are things we really want – things we dedicate our time, effort and attention to. And then there are things we say we want. And the human brain is actually specifically structure to pick up on different cues to work out if you are really interested in something (or not). So we can pretty easily work out if you say you want something – but don’t really want it to the extent you want other things. Why does this relate to reliability engineering? Click here to learn more.
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SOR 521 Rules and Reliability Engineering

SOR 521 Rules and Reliability Engineering

SOR 521 Rules

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Chris discusses ‘rules’ – rules we need to apply and rules we must bend. Rules can range from traditional practices and procedures through to the laws of nature. But we as reliability engineers need to know which of these rules we must adhere to, and which are our duty to try and bend. Want to learn more? Listen to this podcast!
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Risk of Ransomware Attacks on Local Government

Risk of Ransomware Attacks on Local Government

Risk of Ransomware Attacks on Local Government

Guest Post by James Kline (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

In several previous Risk Insights, I discussed the need to view state and local government computer network as part of the national infrastructure.  This was needed because of the importance of the networks in providing and supporting basic services.  Further, by viewing these networks as part of the national infrastructure they become an important part of the overall federal effort to protect and defend the nation’s computer infrastructure.  This issue is so important that another paper is appropriate.  This piece extends the prior two pieces. [Read more…]

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SOR 515 Reliability Security Blankets

SOR 515 Reliability Security Blankets

SOR 515 Reliability Security Blankets

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Chris discusses ‘reliability security blankets.’ You know what security blankets are – the things that parents offer young children to make them feel safe and comfortable. Not because these blankets actually offer warmth, comfort or safety – but rather because the children associate feelings of warmth and safety with that object because it is ‘always there’ when they are at home or go to be. A reliability security blanket does the same thing – it calms the leaders, managers, bosses, and directors of an organization. But – that is it! There is no reliability to be found. Want to learn more? Listen to this podcast!
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3 Ways to Do Reliability Allocation

3 Ways to Do Reliability Allocation

3 Ways to Do Reliability Allocation

podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson

Having a reliability target for your product is great. But how does that help all the little design teams, who make their own decisions on all the different parts of your system?
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SOR 509 Reliability Engineering Report Writing

SOR 509 Reliability Engineering Report Writing

SOR 509 Reliability Engineering Report Writing

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Chris discusses reliability engineering report writing (yuck). Pretty boring topic. But not nearly as boring as some of the reliability engineering reports. I will (try to) make this as entertaining a podcast as possible. And I will explain the golden rule of engineering report writing – make it a ‘reverse thriller.’ Keen to learn more? Then please listen!
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SOR 503 Profit Today Versus Profitability

SOR 503 Profit Today Versus Profitability

SOR 503 Profit Today Versus Profitability

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Chris talks about what ‘profitability’ is … and it is not ‘profit today.’ Why is this distinction important? Because focusing on profitability takes care of all of your future ‘profits today.’ But it does not work the other way around. There are plenty of contemporary examples about how we can get this wrong – think Boeing and the ‘mess’ it is currently in. Want to learn more? Please listen here!
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SOR 495 Markov Chain Modeling – Just the Basics

SOR 495 Markov Chain Modeling – Just the Basics

Markov Chain Modeling – Just the Basics

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Chris and Fred discuss Markov Chain modeling. Where we model transitioning from one state to another – which is often used for availability. How and when do I use it? Does it work in today’s reliability applications? Listen here to learn more.
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SOR 494 The Reliability Engineering Management Tutorial

SOR 494 The Reliability Engineering Management Tutorial

The Reliability Engineering Management Tutorial

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Chris and Fred discuss the Reliability Management Tutorial that Chris and Carl Carlson (another Accendo contributor) will be delivering at the Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) in Palm Springs later this month. This tutorial can contribute to you getting a certificate as well if you are attending. Like to learn more? Listen here.
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SOR 471 Questions to Ask about Data Analysis

SOR 471 Questions to Ask about Data Analysis

Questions to Ask about Data Analysis

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Chris and Fred discuss data analysis … specifically the first question we ask before we help someone with their data analysis project. Chris always asks – what is the decision that this data analysis will support? And Fred always asks – where did this data come from? The reason these questions are important is that you need to know what information you need before you construct an analysis to get that information. And you need to be confident in the results. A single data set can potentially create multiple information sets. And this depends on how you construct the analysis. Which based on the decision. Listen to this podcast if you would like to learn more.
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SOR 470 Reliability Leadership and Taking Charge

SOR 470 Reliability Leadership and Taking Charge

Reliability Leadership and Taking Charge

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Chris and Fred discuss reliability leadership. What is reliability leadership? Writing a book? Putting together a few slides? The first thing to know is that there is a difference between a reliability manager and a reliability leader. A reliability manager will tend to oversee practices and processes that others have identified or put together. Reliability leaders come up with the rationale, the motivation, the linking with business outcomes and everything else that creates or sustains organizational change. You can have the ‘best’ reliability engineers – but without reliability leadership, you won’t make reliable products. Want to learn more? Listen to this podcast.
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SOR 464 The Gist of Reliability

SOR 464 The Gist of Reliability

The Gist of Reliability

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Chris and Fred discuss the ‘gist’ of reliability. Fred was recently asked to be part of a panel to a number ‘hardware startups’ and was asked … what is the ‘gist’ of reliability? We try and answer that question as simply as possible in this podcast. The thing is … reliability will happen. Ignoring it doesn’t mean it won’t happen. Reliability is an outcome of your decisions and the design choices you make. The harder you work on it, the closer reliability will be to what you expect. So do you want to learn what the ‘gist’ of reliability is? Well, listen to this podcast.
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