Where Do Environmental Specifications Come From?
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Kirk and Fred discuss where environmental specifications should come from and why they don’t all too often.
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SOR 061 Where Do Environmental Specifications Come From?
SOR 060 Can We Reduce Early Life Failures?
Can We Reduce Early Life Failures?
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Kirk and Fred discuss a few ideas on minimizing early field failures with your product.
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SOR RAMS 16-5 Bonus Discussion with Marcin Hinz
Does a Certification Make You a Professional Reliability Engineer?
Does a Certification Make You a Professional Reliability Engineer?
Obtaining certifications based on your reliability engineering knowledge does not make you a professional. It is how you apply your knowledge that does. Let’s explore what it means to be a professional reliability engineer.
It is how you apply your knowledge that does. Let’s explore what it means to be a professional reliability engineer.
SOR 059 How to Set Environmental Specifications for Testing
How to Set Environmental Specifications for Testing
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Andre and Fred discuss setting meaningful specifications and requirements.
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DTK Jim McLinn Consultant
Jim McLinn, Consultant, Ops A La Carte
Fred Schenkelberg interviews Jim McLinn about his work and volunteering in the field of reliability engineering.
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SOR 058 How Many Samples to Test
SOR 057 The Iron Triangle and Reliability
The Iron Triangle and Reliability
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Tim and Fred discuss the classic scope-schedule-cost “iron triangle” that determines the priorities for product development, and how reliability and quality can be optimized in that environment.
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SOR RAMS 16-4 Bonus Discussion with Larry Care
SOR 056 Vendor’s Reliability Proof of ‘No Reported Problems’
Vendor’s Reliability Proof of ‘No Reported Problems’
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Tim and Fred discuss another comment sent from a listener who wonders whether they should have confidence in a supplier that says they’ve shipped millions of components without hearing any complaints about reliability.
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DTK Allyson Hartzell Consultant
Allyson Hartzell, Veryst Engineering
Tim Rodgers interviews Allyson Hartzell concerning her recent book “MEMS Reliability,” co-authored with Mark Da Silva and Herb Shea.
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SOR 055 What To Do When Supplier Changes Your Reliability Specification
What To Do When the Supplier Changes Your Reliability Specification
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Tim and Fred address a question posed by a listener about a supplier who changed the reliability specification, and what can be done to help ensure that the customer’s standards are being met.
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SOR 054 Can Reliability be Measured without Physical Testing?
Can Reliability be Measured without Physical Testing?
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Fred and Carl discuss the use of analytical tools to assess and measure reliability.
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SOR RAMS 16-3 Bonus Discussion with Karen Sater
SOR 053 What Are Some of the Execution Pitfalls for Reliability Plans?
What Are Some of the Execution Pitfalls for Reliability Plans?
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Fred and Carl discuss the subject of executing the tasks from a reliability plan.
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