Knotty Detection

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Carl and Fred discuss reader questions on FMEA detection, a subject which can be challenging and confusing. Detection is a key part of FMEA during product development as well as in operation. This podcast will discuss some of the “knottiest” challenges with understanding detection in FMEA.
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Learning From Those Closest

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Kirk and Fred discuss the fact that many times those on the assembly and production lines are the ones that have the most information for assembly issues and causes of failures, yet the information they have is not heard by the engineers and management that could improve it.
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Getting Failure Feedback

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Kirk and Fred discuss the many required tests before market release and post market ongoing reliability testing and why testing is so necessary.
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Data Analysis Assumptions

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Greg and Fred discuss the importance and context of assumptions in data analysis.
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AI Challenges and Opportunities

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Greg and Fred discuss AI – both the challenges and opportunities for quality and reliability professionals.
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Robustness

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Philip and Fred discuss the idea of a robust design for a product or system.
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Vintage Experience

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Philip and Fred discuss the value of the experience our co-workers may be able to share.

• How important is Mentoring in the Workplace? Should we all be mentors?
• How do we collaborate with a cross functional team that is built through the many generations and Leveridge the experience and foster the growth of a recent addition to your workforce.
• How do we build a team and best advantage the walking encyclopedia? Coporate knowledge and Cross pollination of great ideas through effective collaboration techniques.
• What techniques are best to merge grey haired knowledge with the arrogance of youth?
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Shorter Lifespan of Newer Appliances

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Carl and Fred discuss an article from the Wall Street Journal describing how newer appliances tend to have more complexity and shorter lifespans, and what can be done to reverse the trend.
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Value of Design FMEA

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Carl and Fred discuss an interesting question from a listener about modeling the money value of Design FMEAs.
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Forecasting Returns

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Chris and Fred discuss how you go about forecasting returns … and understanding things like warranty reliability for products that are ‘shipped all over the place? … at different times? Sound familiar?
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Atlanta Airport Outage

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Chris and Fred discuss what happened during the ‘2017 Atlanta Airport Blackout’ where power was lost for 11 hours, hundreds of flights had to be diverted, passengers needed to be housed in hotels, and lots of other costly things. Surely this was due to some sort of unforeseeable event bordering on the ‘supernatural?’ Nope. Not even a little bit.
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Customer Support

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Dianna and Fred discuss the challenges as a customer when calling for customer support.
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