Expectations
Abstract
Philip and Fred discussing how setting expectations impact reliability engineering tasks and results.
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SOR 841 Expectations
Speaking of Reliability
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SOR 840 Regulators and Risk
Regulators and Risk
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Chris and Fred discuss the age-old problem or regulation. If the regulators are not the adults in the room, then we have a problem.
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SOR 839 First Steps with Data
First Steps with Data
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Chris and Fred discuss what is the first thing with you do when someone gives you lots of information. What do you do?
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SOR 838 Basic Risk Management
Basic Risk Management
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Greg and Fred discussing how to set up a risk assessment program.
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SOR 837 Checking Assumptions
Checking Assumptions
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Greg and Fred discussing how assumptions in reliability and quality engineering are highly critical. We all know what assume can stand for: make an ‘ass of u and me.’
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SOR 836 Backup Balance
Backup Balance
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Kirk and Fred discussing how much we should invest in backup power or systems redundancy to prepare for rare weather or use conditions.
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SOR 835 Role of Technical Papers
Role of Technical Papers
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Kirk and Fred discussing technical papers, which Fred and Kirk have a few on the website Research Gate, and the role they play in the reliability engineering world.
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SOR 834 Reliability Assumptions
Reliability Assumptions
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Carl and Fred discussing the broad subject of assumptions, and how they impact reliability analysis and applications. When are assumptions good and when are they questionable?
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SOR 833 FMEA Occurrence Question
FMEA Occurrence Question
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Carl and Fred discussing a question received by an Inside FMEA reader on the subject of FMEA occurrence rating.
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SOR 832 What is Your Approach
What is Your Approach
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Chris and Fred discuss your approach for estimating the reliability of a new product, with new technology, manufactured in a new facility? … wow!
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SOR 831 Setting up an ORT
Setting up an ORT
Abstract
Chris and Fred discuss what it means to establish an Ongoing Reliability Test (ORT) … or is it an accelerated test? … or the MTTF?
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SOR 830 Dealing With Product Characteristics
Dealing With Product Characteristics
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Dianna and Fred discussing engineering projects and dealing with product characteristics and requirements.
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SOR 829 New Ways to Break Things
New Ways to Break Things
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Dianna and Fred discussing new innovations from a reliability point-of-view: how is this new stuff going to break? What are going to be the new ways to break things?
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SOR 828 New School Leadership
New School Leadership
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Chris and Fred discuss the changing ideas of leadership … and how people lament newer generations and their approaches to (and expectations of) leadership. There are challenges … so what does this mean?
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SOR 827 60th Percentile with Vendor Data
60th Percentile with Vendor Data
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What does this title mean? Chris and Fred discuss how some vendors make ‘startling’ claims regarding reliability from some small amounts of test data. So where does this 60th percentile some of us hear from time to time come from?
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