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Tim Rodgers interviews Kirk Gray concerning his observations and advice concerning accelerated testing best practices.
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Kirk and Fred discuss a few of the essential steps as you turn on the HALT stresses.
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Kirk and Fred discuss a few of the essential steps before you turn on the HALT stresses.
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Tim and Fred discuss how to forge a mutually beneficial and trusting supplier relationships to improve reliability.
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Tim and Fred discuss the hallmarks of great supplier relationships that work.
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Tim Rodgers interviews Carl Carlson Effective FMEAs book*
and his work with teams conducting FMEAs.
You may already know my position on MTBF.
If not, do not use MTBF at all, ever, in any form. So what should we use instead?
I suggest using reliability, the probability of success over a specific duration.
Let’s discuss what will work for you.
Tim and Fred discuss the need to partner with suppliers and how to avoid the “vendor’s profit is in repairs” trap.
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Tim and Fred discuss the common behavior of only focusing on purchase price when working with suppliers.
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Tim and Fred discuss just how important clear communication is across the supply chain and how it improves product reliability.
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Tim and Fred discuss the supplier’s role in achieving a reliable design and product.
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Tim Rodgers interviews Andy concerning the role of the CEO concerning product reliability.
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Kirk and Fred discuss the history and evolution of environmental stress testing practices leading to HALT.
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Kirk and Fred discuss how to approach developing a HALT for a discrete component that a vendor claims is more reliable.
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