Mission Profile Fundamental Considerations
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Adam and Fred discussing the need to understand actual customer use, even before they start using the product.
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SOR 256 Mission Profile Fundamental Considerations
Speaking of Reliability
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SOR 255 How Much is Reliability Dependent on the Design, the Manufacturing, and the Customer Use Conditions?
How Much is Reliability Dependent on the Design, the Manufacturing, and the Customer Use Conditions?
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Kirk and Fred discussing the many causes and contributors to products failing after purchase. How do we know which factors are the largest contributor to causing failures?
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SOR 254 Why do Reliability Engineers Still Use 217?
Why do Reliability Engineers Still Use 217?
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Kirk and Fred discussing the continued use of Reliability prediction and the very outdated government reference document, MIL HDBK 217.
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SOR 253 How Important is Passion in Achieving Reliability?
How Important is Passion in Achieving Reliability?
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Carl and Fred discussing the role of passion in everything you do. Tapping into your personal passions when presenting or communicating connects with people and helps get your message across.
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SOR 252 Unleashing Your Reliability Creativity
Unleashing Your Reliability Creativity
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Carl and Fred discuss the important subject of creativity, and how the creative process can energize reliablity improvments.
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SOR 251 The Evolution of Uptime Metrics
The Evolution of Uptime Metrics
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James and Fred discussing the background and beginnings of today’s metrics.
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SOR 250 How to Measure Uptime Properly
How to Measure Uptime Properly
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James and Fred discussing the various ways to properly and improperly measure plant uptime.
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SOR 249 Use of Monte Carlo Simulation in Reliability
Use of Monte Carlo Simulation in Reliability
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Andre and Fred discussing the when and why you may want to use this powerful tool.
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SOR 248 Temperature Cycling Testing in Practice
Temperature Cycling Testing in Practice
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Andre and Fred discussing some best practice, failure mechanisms and problems when’d temperature cycling testing.
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SOR 247 How to Identify Key Process Characteristics
How to Identify Key Process Characteristics
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Carl and Fred discuss key process characteristics, what they are, and how to identify and use them in reliablity programs.
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SOR 246 How to Identify Key Product Characteristics
How to Identify Key Product Characteristics
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Carl and Fred discuss the subject of key product characteristics, why they are important, and how to identify and use them to improve reliability.
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SOR 245 Sensor Data From Manufacturing and Product Sharing with Vendors
Sensor Data From Manufacturing and Product Sharing with Vendors
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Tim and Fred discuss the feedback loop that connects field performance to the production processes at the supplier, and how advanced sensing technology provides more data to all parties, but doesn’t necessarily lead to greater knowledge or improved reliability.
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SOR 244 Incentivizing Your Supplier to Grow in Reliability Capabilities
Incentivizing Your Supplier to Grow in Reliability Capabilities
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Tim and Fred discuss some of the strategies used by companies to enlist the support of their suppliers to address quality problems and generally improve product reliability.
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SOR 243 Where do I Find Reliability Data?
Where do I Find Reliability Data?
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Adam and Fred discussing the dilemma of too much data in an organization and not enough for reliability work.
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SOR 242 Failures are Good Yet Many Avoid Creating Failures
Failures are Good Yet Many Avoid Creating Failures
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Adam and Fred discussing the benefits of treating failures as nuggets of wonderful information.
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