Reliability in a Short Term Org
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Chris and Fred discuss the problems we experience when we are in an organization with very ‘short-term’ thinking. What can we do?
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SOR 976 Reliability in a Short Term Org
Speaking of Reliability
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SOR 975 Eye-Popping Stunning Results
Eye-Popping Stunning Results
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Chris and Fred discuss the challenge of being asked by someone to show (or visualize) stunning, eye-popping results for some reliability activity. How do we do this? Is this possible?
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SOR 974 New Position Advice
New Position Advice
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Kirk and Fred discuss the advice we would give a engineer just starting a career in Reliability Engineering
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SOR 973 Reliability Allocation Methods
Reliability Allocation Methods
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Kirk and Fred discuss reliability allocations for individual components and subsystems.
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SOR 972 An Idea Short Explainer Videos
An Idea Short Explainer Videos
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Chris and Fred discuss how short, 1-minute explainer videos could help reliability engineers … especially new ones!
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SOR 971 FRACAS and CMMS
FRACAS and CMMS
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Chris and Fred discuss what Failure Reporting and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS) and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CSSM) are … and what they are not … and how they relate.
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SOR 970 What is a Mode?
What is a Mode?
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Carl and Fred discuss why understanding the “mode” of failure is essential in Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.
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SOR 969 Common Reliability Mistakes
Common Reliability Mistakes
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Carl and Fred discuss some of the most common reliability mistakes they have seen in their careers, both ones they have personally made or viewed.
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SOR 968 Selecting Tools to Solve Problems
Selecting Tools to Solve Problems
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Dianna and Fred discuss selecting tools to solve problems that are outside of the workplace, too!
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SOR 967 Are Silos an Issue
Are Silos an Issue?
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Dianna and Fred discuss workplace politics: are silos an issue?
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SOR 966 Why is PoF so Hard?
Why is PoF so Hard?
Abstract
Chris and Fred discuss why the Physics of Failure (PoF) is hard to model? … or is it?
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SOR 965 MTBF, Really?
MTBF, Really?
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Chris and Fred discuss the MTBF … again. And again. People don’t (want to) get it. So here we go again …
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SOR 964 Finding Failures and Firefighting
Finding Failures and Firefighting
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Kirk and Fred discuss new product market release schedule pressures, and then after customers start finding reliability issues, the actual firefighting begins. Many times, those who quickly can fix the causes of failures, the firefighters, get many more accolades than those who find and mitigate product weaknesses that become failures during the design and development phase.
SOR 963 Proving HALT Works
Proving HALT Works
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Kirk and Fred discuss the challenge of showing those new to limit discovery using HALT and proving does find relevant future field issues that either already have occurred in a new released product, or in a product under development.
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SOR 962 Limits of Block Diagrams
Limits of Block Diagrams
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Chris and Fred discuss how we go about modeling the reliability of systems … particularly with things called ‘block diagrams.’ Might this help you?
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