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Speaking of Reliability

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by Christopher Jackson Leave a Comment

SOR 413 Characteristics of an Organization That Limits Reliability

Characteristics of an Organization That Limits Reliability

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Chris and Fred discuss what ‘tell’s an organization that sucks at reliability has. That is, can you just tell an organization makes terrible products before you even get to their reliability department/guidebook/strategy/laboratory? And if you can, what are they? Our experience shows that when we are brought in to solve a ‘reliability’ problem, we need to address a vision/leadership/resourcing/(insert poor business practice here) issue. If this interests you … please listen to this podcast!
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by Christopher Jackson Leave a Comment

SOR 412 Are Regulators Good For Reliability

Are Regulators Good For Reliability

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Chris and Fred discuss the role regulators play in many industries. Are we better off because of them? In many cases … yes. But perhaps regulators are also getting in the way of us doing things better. And at what point does their ‘net harm’ exceed their ‘net good’? Can regulators do a better job, and perhaps create an alternative to archaic checklists and compliance audits? We think yes. If this topic interests you, listen to this podcast!
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by Kirk Gray Leave a Comment

SOR 411 Kirk Gets a New Laptop, How Long Before There is a Problem?

Kirk Gets a New Laptop, How Long Before There is a Problem?

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Kirk and Fred discussing Kirk’s purchase of a new laptop and his expectations of reliability.
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by Kirk Gray Leave a Comment

SOR 410 How Does an Organization Pay Attention to The Right Stuff?

How Does an Organization Pay Attention to The Right Stuff?

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Kirk and Fred discussing recent aircraft failures and how suppliers sort through all the reported data on failures and complaints from the field.
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by Adam Bahret Leave a Comment

SOR 409 Are Customers Always Right?

Are Customers Always Right?

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Adam and Fred discussing the way customers use products is not inline with how they were designed.
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by Adam Bahret Leave a Comment

SOR 408 I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead

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Adam and Fred discussing a whirlwind trip Adam just completed including Miami, Orlando, Cleveland, Chicago, Fairbanks Alaska, and Costa Rica
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by Kirk Gray Leave a Comment

SOR 407 Should Component Temperature Specifications Limit HALT Stress?

Should Component Temperature Specifications Limit HALT Stress?

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Kirk and Fred discussing manufacturing thermal specifications of components and how HALT is used to find margins beyond specifications.
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by Kirk Gray Leave a Comment

SOR 406 Variability of Weather Data

Variability of Weather Data

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Kirk and Fred discussing the differences in weather conditions in their home locations and how variable extremes in environmental conditions and impacts to equipment design and its reliability.
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by Carl Carlson Leave a Comment

SOR 405 What’s Wrong with MTBF

What’s Wrong with MTBF

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Carl and Fred discussing the pitfalls of using Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) as a metric for identifying reliability requirements.
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by Carl Carlson Leave a Comment

SOR 404 Pitfalls of Reliability Allocation

Pitfalls of Reliability Allocation

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Carl and Fred discussing the subject of reliability allocation, how it is used and some of the pitfalls in application.
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by Kirk Gray Leave a Comment

SOR 403 How to Balance Features and Reliability

How to Balance Features and Reliability

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Kirk and Fred discussing decisions made regarding the costs, features and reliability when make a purchase of home appliances and other consumer products.
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by Kirk Gray 2 Comments

SOR 402 How to Build An Understanding of HALT

How to Build An Understanding of HALT

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Kirk and Fred discussing good, better and best ways to introduce and motivate a company to use weakness discovery test methodology.
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by Carl Carlson Leave a Comment

SOR 401 Hard Line or Soft Touch When building a Process

Hard Line or Soft Touch When Building a Reliability Program

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Carl and Fred discuss the approach to building quality and reliability programs. Is it better to implement a disciplined approach or a more collaborative approach?
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SOR 400 Reliance on Devices

Reliance on Devices

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Carl and Fred discussing how dependent we all have become on a multitude of devices to do our daily work, and the ramifications on our daily lives.
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by Christopher Jackson Leave a Comment

SOR 399 Paths to Learning Reliability

Paths to Learning Reliability

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Chris and Fred discuss about how to learn to be a reliability engineer. And ‘learn’ means different things. It could be experiential learning. It could be academic learning. It could be instructional or ‘mentorship’ learning. And you tend to be a particular type of a reliability engineer based on how you learn about reliability. But there are pros and cons for each approach. And sometimes, you just ‘stumble’ into a learning process when a company sponsors you to become their expert. There are so many different ways to learn about reliability. This podcast talks about some of the more common ways, and how each tailors to a certain learning path.
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