Selecting the Right Method
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Greg and Fred discussing the right method (s) to solve quality and reliability problems specifically answering the question ‘is the approach good enough?’
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SOR 857 Selecting the Right Method
Speaking of Reliability
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SOR 856 ChatGPT and Reliability
ChatGPT and Reliability
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Kirk and Fred discuss the use of artificial intelligence engines such as ChatGPT in Reliability Engineering. A copy of the ChatGPT questions and responses that we discuss on this podcast is listed in the show notes below.
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SOR 855 Mechanical Lessons Learned
Mechanical Lessons Learned
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Kirk and Fred discussing Kirk’s recent trip to the Texas Pinball Festival (TPF) and the reliability of Pinball Machines which new designs have been produced for over six decades. Some of the mechanical assemblies have not changed in design for those many decades, even though some changes would be simple and useful, but change is difficult in this very small group of manufacturers.
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SOR 854 Reliability Gap Assessment
Reliability Gap Assessment
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Carl and Fred discussing the second step in achieving high reliability: “Develop a Reliability Gap Assessment.”
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SOR 853 Reliability Strategic Vision
Reliability Strategic Vision
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Carl and Fred discussing the first step in achieving high reliability: “Develop a Reliability Strategic Vision.”
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SOR 852 Decisions and Value
Decisions and Value
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Chris and Fred discuss the importance of understanding value when you make decisions. And value needs to mean something to you and your organization. Not something in a dictionary.
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SOR 851 ALT Sample Size
ALT Sample Size
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Chris and Fred discuss how many samples you need to conduct Accelerated Life Testing or ALT … and a little bit about what ALT is.
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SOR 850 Sedentary Inertia in Quality
Sedentary Inertia in Quality
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Chris and Dianna discuss the ‘sedentary inertia’ that many companies experience when they need to change … but can’t (don’t want to). Especially in the world of quality!
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SOR 849 Two Sides of a Coin: Quality and Reliability
Two Sides of a Coin: Quality and Reliability
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Dianna and Chris discussing their different viewpoints of quality and reliability: how they are really two sides of a coin that are supported by the culture of an organization and by individual contributors.
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SOR 848 Monitoring Manufacturing Product Reliability
Monitoring Manufacturing Product Reliability
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Kirk and Fred discussing how to ensure that the quality and reliability of the last units produced from a manufacturing line is the same as the first units produced.
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SOR 847 Issues with Single Stress Testing
Issues with Single Stress Testing
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Kirk and Fred discussing a question from a listener regarding a specific failure mechanism and time to failure for the same, and how most failures are not due to a single stress condition.
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SOR 846 Stuck in Your Job
Stuck in Your Job
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Chris and Fred discuss what you can do to feel good about your job … including when you know it is time to move on.
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SOR 845 RAMS Warts and All
RAMS Warts and All
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Chris and Fred discuss how it felt like the 2023 Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) went? Was it a success? Is it going downhill?
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SOR 844 Routine Reliability
Routine Reliability
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Dianna and Fred discussing routine reliability from a listener’s question: when creating a reliability plan for a project, how do we separate the routine and unique parts of reliability activities?
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SOR 843 Hidden Reliability Wins
Hidden Reliability Wins
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Dianna and Fred discussing hidden reliability wins: when reliability efforts go right, things don’t go wrong. So then, how can reliability engineers quantify their work?
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