An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

Reliability engineers should have a clear understanding of how customer needs link to product requirements. Product requirements that have the most impact on customer needs should be considered in your design failure modes and effects analysis (DFMEA). This webinar will review the quality function deployment methodology (QFD), which identifies critical-to-quality (CTQ) requirements and supports requirements validation. We will also cover how the relative importance of CTQs can be used to determine DFMEA severity criteria.

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An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

It’s rare to have sufficient samples for all the desired reliability work. It’s common to have very few samples. So, how does one manage to learn what is necessary to learn from the few samples? How can you maximize the value of reliability work in the scant sample situation?

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An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

We do not “do reliability”. “Reliability” doesn’t just happen to a product – well, it does with or without our intervention. To achieve the stated reliability objectives for a new product or production line, we can trust to luck or sort out what needs to happen to realize the objectives.

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An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

Writing and executing effective reliability plans is a skill that is not often taught in reliability courses or seminars. It falls under the body of knowledge of reliability management, which is a different set of skills than reliability engineering. What is a Reliability Plan, and how should it be developed? What do well-written reliability tasks look like? How detailed should tasks be described, and how can they be written to support easy execution? How do you ensure that your Reliability Plan is successfully implemented to the desired results?

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An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

A key element of reliability engineering is doing the right thing at the right time. When running an experiment or test, conducting an assessment, or performing an analysis, the method we use must fit the situation. Being busy does not add value; getting meaningful results does.

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An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

This is an overview of the six steps to achieve high reliability from Carl and Fred’s book. Creating and executing a reliability plan that assists the team in designing, manufacturing, and supporting meeting reliability objectives takes effort. Let’s discuss the details of that effort so that you can focus on the critical steps.

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An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

Reliability testing is expensive. For that expense, the testing results should provide timely, meaningful results. Results that provide actionable information and insights.

The idea of running a set of standard tests or tests that we ‘commonly run’ in many cases has little value. Each test (experiment) should be conducted for specific reasons related to the current project and current knowledge.

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An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

The difficult part of creating this list of essential techniques is to avoid selecting just the most common. There is an overlap between essential and those commonly used, yet essential implies a technique is crucial—crucial in rare yet very important situations. The idea for today’s discussion is to focus on those vital few techniques that every reliability engineer must master.

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An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

The toolbox for reliability engineering work is large. We have tools for risk management, data analysis, failure analysis, team building, and more. We touch on material science at the molecular level and then shift to assessing a vendor’s reliability program when you use which tool is critical to your effectiveness. So, how do you determine which tool to use for a given situation?

Let’s explore a few different situations and step through the decision process to determine which tool to employ. You may need to learn how to use a new tool or set of skills, modify how you use an existing tool, or apply what you already know how to do.

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An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

There are dozens of quality and reliability tools. How does a reliability practitioner know which tools to use in a new reliability program? Should reliability allocation be used? Which types of FMEAs are needed? What about robust design or design margin analysis? How does one select the right reliability tools to incorporate into an effective reliability plan?

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An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

Creating a plan is necessary both for budgeting and buy-in. The added focus on reliability will help your team achieve it’s reliability goals. Plus, a good plan helps build your credibility and program. Let’s explore how to build a reliability plan.

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An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

We often want to know if our product will work as expected in our customer’s environment.

Creating an environmental test plan that clearly shows weaknesses and strengths should be part of your program for each product.

Let’s explore the steps and resources you should consider when creating an environmental test plan for each product.

We will discuss why using standards or even the plan from the last program may not provide you meaningful information.

Understanding how your product responds to your customer’s environment provides the information for your team to make improvements and improve product reliability.

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An Accendo Reliability recorded webinar event

Each product development project is different.

Different features, customers, use cases, and expectations. Let’s discuss how to build a custom reliability program that fits your specific situation.

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”

– attributed to Albert Einstein, basically describes many organizations’ reliability project plans.

The idea that a set of activities will effectively address all of the reliability risks of a new design is too common across industries.

Why is this?

Let’s explore recognizing the current situation and which activities provide the most value.

The focus should be on creating a product that meets customer and business expectations with the lowest risk and cost.

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