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A complete reliability goal statement element involves a product’s environment and use conditions. The ability to define these clearly during the design process is not always easy, yet a valuable addition to your reliability program.
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When you are installing a new machinery in a facility of the organization, there are certain issues. These issues are listed from top to the bottom categorized on the basis of seriousness. The top of the list is shaft alignment. It is the most common issue while installing the machinery. It occurs due to lack training or of precision instruments, as well as measurement misconceptions. Most organizations think they have achieved alignment just because an instrument showed so. They don’t take the stress and heating mechanisms into account which causes misalignment between the collinear wings of the shaft.
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Chris and Fred discussing the important role soft skills play in building credibility when implementing reliability activities in a product development program.
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Chris and Fred discussing the role of reliability within a lean product development framework.
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In the maintenance and reliability industry, we have maintenance engineers, manufacturing engineers, and reliability engineers. There is a little bit difference between the types. A maintenance engineer is there to make sure the equipment is in running condition as soon as possible once a failure occurs. He has to get the asset operational the quickest possible time. He performs day to day routine checks to make sure the asset is running without defects. He does precision maintenance and promotes industry best practices. He is responsible for checking alignment, balancing, and other technical effects that might be overlooked by others.
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Adam and Fred discussing the balance of product factors in product development
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Tim Rodgers interviews Harry concerning his book, HALT, HASS, and HASA Explained: Accelerated Reliability Techniques, Revised Edition
concerning the application of HALT in product development.
Adam and Fred discussing the connection between business and reliability goals
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Whenever we talk about successful business practices, planning and scheduling remains a key element. Not only it helps you track performance but it also helps you build on the initial layout later on. Through performance management, you will know what’s going on inside an activity and process. Now, performance management is the combination of systems that are responsible for achieving the goals of the organization. These may include accountability, assessment, and measurement techniques that are used in the organization. On the lower level, metrics are being used to measure performance.
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Adam and Chris Stapelmann discussing how industries with regulatory oversight often end up minimizing reliability test programs
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Adam, Chris Stapelmann, and Ann Marie Neufelder discussing software reliability methodology
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No matter how good you are at your job, there are always failures in the systems because of some reason. You can’t stop all of them but you can learn from them. There is always something to learn when a failure occurs. Whether it is finding the root cause or devising a solution to prevent it in the future. What happens in the industry that we forget what failures occurred in the last few years?—over the time. This is something that is alarming. It is your job to remember or communicate with those who might. That is how you can better assess the nature and root cause of the failure.
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James and Fred discussing the benefits you and your organization will realize when doing FA and RCA correctly.
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Adam and Chris Stapelmann discussing the use of reliability tools across the organization.
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A common question about reliability testing is, “What is the sample size?” It is also a difficult question to answer well. The right sample size balances cost, accuracy, and variability. In some cases, we also consider the time to results.
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