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Kirk and Fred discussing the use of statistics in reliability engineering, where they are useful and where their use may not be the most efficient way to find and fix the cause of failure.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the idea of listing of failure mechanisms and their different viewpoints on how we learn some of the common failure mechanisms
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Dianna and Fred discussing single use product reliability. For products that are used once and then disposed or recycled, do we need to consider and plan for their reliability? The short answer: yes! They talk about the things to consider with single use products.
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Dianna and Fred discussing a listener question about understanding stresses and mechanism of failures of a new design.
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Kirk and Fred discussing how a good reliability development process is to identify the weaknesses to improve a product including a recent fence repair at Kirk’s house.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the paths they took in Reliability Engineering, how our past experience shaped our view of the best methods for improving the reliability of systems, and how we learn new information on reliability issues.
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Greg and Fred discussing why people have a hard time adjusting and pivoting in times of uncertainty, much like what we all experience today.
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Greg and Fred discussing the tradeoffs in reshoring. Many companies are considering bringing design and manufacturing back to the US or host country.
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Chris and Fred discuss whether you want to lay blame (i.e. sue) or improve reliability? Don’t be confused … accountability is important. But that doesn’t replace everyone ‘owning’ the end result.
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Chris and Fred discuss what (if anything) we can learn from advertised warranty or reliability specifications from vendors.
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Philip and Fred discussing a handful of traits that may be unique to reliability engineers.
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Philip and Fred discussing a question about locating a listing of failure mechanisms.
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Greg and Fred discussing how The Rules Have Changed for Professional Societies as well as for most of us.
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Greg and Fred discussing how people make important decisions and why decision quality is important.
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Dianna and Fred discussing the effects of handling, cumulative test, and storage of test parts on test results.
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