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Tim and Fred discuss different models that companies use to manage their suppliers and help ensure quality and reliability, including vertical integration, or outright ownership of the supplier.
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Carl and Fred discussing when to use Reliability Growth Analysis in reliability programs.
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Carl and Fred discussing when to use Design of Experiments in a reliability program.
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Carl and Fred discussing when to use Fault Tree Analysis as part of a reliability program.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the process of HALT on mechanical systems. Many times the simplest and most straightforward of accelerated testing is to increase the number of expected use cycles such as on a mechanical hinge. They discuss how a failure may come from degradation, such as a squeaking door hinge, before it actually has a functional failure.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the history of our and other SOR podcasts on the Accendo Reliability Website and the improvements and additions since we did the first SOR podcast.
Fred also asks about Kirk’s new book and interest in the recent revival of pinball and the reliability issues that they have.
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Kirk and Fred discussing Kirk’s upcoming paper and presentation for the next IEEE ASTR Conference next month. They also discuss past and future of Reliability Engineering conferences including the ASTR conference and long running RAMS annual meeting.
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Andre and Fred discussing the art and science of setting warranty accruals.
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Andre and Fred discussing the use of system reliability models.
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Andre and Fred discussing reliability goals.
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Carl and Fred discussing the physics of failure and how physics and chemistry impact reliability
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Carl and Fred discussing the “Reliability Equation.”
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Carl and Fred discussing the underlying philosophy of reliability planning.
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Carl and Fred discussing use of field data in reliability programs.
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Carl and Fred discussing common reliability tools.
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