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by Adam Bahret Leave a Comment

Lighting Fast Reliability Engineering

Lighting Fast Reliability Engineering

A comprehensive reliability engineering program for a new product is a large investment.  Not just in dollars, but more importantly, in time.  No matter if you are a Fortune 500 company or a startup in your second year, time is always the freight train bearing down on you without mercy. I am going to give you a simple recipe I use for making a highly reliable product when that train horn is blaring and only getting closer. [Read more…]

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Fabulous Facilitation: Pre-Session Exchange Is Essential for Meaningful Outcomes

Fabulous Facilitation: Pre-Session Exchange Is Essential for Meaningful Outcomes

“I really liked the pre-workshop survey,” responded an executive team member. “It enabled us to have a fast start and it helped everyone get on the same page.”
No one wants to waste their time. As the leader of any workshop or series of meetings, it is crucial to understand what is effective and what is not. A well-executed pre-session exchange is one of the most frequently cited things that make a facilitated session more efficient, more effective, and more collaborative. [Read more…]

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Lognormal Probability Plots

Lognormal Probability Plots

Introduction

In general, a statistical analysis of univariate data starts with a histogram. If the histogram doesn’t show a bell shape, the data probably does not follow a normal distribution. If the logarithm of the data plots as a normal histogram, then the data is lognormally distributed. Any statistical projections and parameter estimates are based on the normal distribution of the log of the data.  This article focuses on the lognormal distribution and the lognormal probability plot.

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Facilitation Skill # 5 – Active Listening

Facilitation Skill # 5 – Active Listening

“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” – Stephen Covey

A good listener tries to understand thoroughly what the other person is saying. In the end the listener may disagree sharply. However, before voicing disagreement, the active listener wants to know exactly what the other person is saying and why.

What is active listening?

Merriam-Webster defines “active” as “characterized by action rather than by contemplation,” and “listening” as “hearing something with thoughtful attention.”

Active listening is a habit, as well as the foundation of effective communication. A good listener is able to repeat in his own words what another person has said, satisfying the person that they are understood. This does not mean agreeing with what the other person is saying. Ask clarifying questions in order to ensure full understanding of the other person’s intention.

Why is active listening important?

Every person who is on an FMEA team is there for a reason. They represent an expertise that is needed on the FMEA team. When they provide their input, the team leader and the entire team should listen to what they are saying. This is basic respect. If you are not listening to what is being said, you are disrespecting the person who is talking, and their contribution is not taken into account.

How should active listening be applied during FMEA meetings?

In the first article in the FMEA facilitation series, I mentioned that one of the roles of an FMEA facilitator is to help the team members do their best thinking. By actively encouraging team members to listen to each other, the opportunity for deep discussion is possible. Here are a few ways to use active listening during FMEA meetings.

  1. The FMEA team leader should actively listen to anyone on the FMEA team who is talking. To be certain you understand what they are saying, you can put the concept in your own words and ask if you have it right. Be a good role model by actively listening to each person when they are talking.
  2. Each FMEA team member should actively listen to anyone who is talking. You can use the same technique of putting what is being said into your own words to be sure you understand. You can also ask clarifying questions.
  3. The team leader should insist that people listen to each other. First, by not allowing interruptions, and second by asking team member A what is being said by team member B in their own words.

What scenarios should be avoided?

The FMEA facilitator must intervene if people are talking over each other or if people are clearly not listening to each other. One of the values of an FMEA team is the discussion that occurs around important issues. When people are not listening to each other, the FMEA results are not beneficial.

Tips

Management consultant Peter Drucker says, “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” Part of listening is to create an environment where people feel free to offer their views. Engage the entire team by asking probing questions and listening to what people have to say.

Next Article

FMEA involves a series of decisions that help to bring about a safer and more reliable design or process. In the next article, I will focus on the best ways for FMEA teams to make decisions and get the best possible FMEA results.

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8 Common Pitfalls to Avoid When Implementing an EAM System

8 Common Pitfalls to Avoid When Implementing an EAM System

Upwards of 95% of all EAM software implementations fail to deliver the desired results. The underlying cause of most EAM failures can be traced back to the early stages of the implementation process. Implementation activities often cost organizations more than the software itself, so it makes sense to learn about concepts and practices that can help prevent implementation failure. It’s important to maximize your chance of success when implementing facility maintenance software in your organization. Avoid these 8 common pitfalls when implementing EAM software:

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by Matthew Reid Leave a Comment

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by Adam Bahret Leave a Comment

Reliability Culture Interview

Chelsea Ramm has been kind enough to include me in her video series for companies launching new products.

 

The “Optimize Your Launch” series is a set of interviews with industry experts to help companies bring their products to market quickly, maintain quality, and create loyal satisfied customers.

Take a moment and check out my session with Chelsea here  (or in the player below). I shared my thoughts on the key factors in creating a highly reliable product, including why a good reliability culture is key to success.
The full series can be viewed here if you would like to see the full catalogue of contributors and topics. There is a free gift at her series site on my page.  A downloadable pdf copy of my book “How Reliable is Your Product?  50 Ways to Improve Product Reliability”

-Adam

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by Robert Kalwarowsky Leave a Comment

Twas the Night Before Christmas a Visit from the CEO

Twas the Night Before Christmas a Visit from the CEO
(Inspired by the Poem by Clement Clarke Moore)

Twas the night before Christmas
When all through the facility
Not an engineer was stirring
Not even in reliability

The KPIs were hung by the lunchroom with care
In hopes that the plant manager soon would be there
When out on the plant floor there rose such a clatter
I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter

Away to the plant I flew like a flash
Put my PPE on and slammed my door with a crash
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear
But a man and eight junior engineers

With a white hard hat, suit and a shiny high vis vest
I knew in a moment it was the CEO, I guess
He spoke not a word but went straight to his desk
And walked right past the broken equipment that needs money to invest

And laying his finger aside of his nose
And giving a nod, up the stairs he rose
But I heard him exclaim, ere he climbed out of sight
Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night

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Filed Under: Articles, on Maintenance Reliability, Rob's Reliability Project, Uncategorized

by Adam Bahret 1 Comment

Switzerland Style Attention

Switzerland Style Attention

I’m just back from a week long trip to Switzerland.  I was there developing a new Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) course for the “R is 4 Reliability” education series.  If you have ever been to Switzerland you found that there are several things that are striking about this place.  The natural beauty is unparalleled. Just about every view from every angle is of a beautiful snow capped mountain that has a lake or stream connected at its base. It’s never got old to look up and be viewing a real life postcard.

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by Adam Bahret Leave a Comment

Pushing Too Hard

Pushing Too Hard

It’s early in the boating season.  It’s a beautiful Saturday and wee’re wakeboarding, My wife is driving.  I am getting ready to line up to jump the wake and all of a sudden she cuts the throttle and then guns it again.  I just let go of the rope and wait for her to come around so I can find out if it was the dirty dishes left on the  couch or beard shavings carelessly sprinkled on her face soap.  She said the boat just stuttered without her touching the throttle.  Hmmm  really? As we are talking the boat just stalls. Ughh!, and we are not close to the house.

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by Robert Allen Leave a Comment

A Scalable Model for Lean Product Development

A Scalable Model for Lean Product Development

In my previous article we established the lean product development goal statement as:

Develop products that maximize customer value and minimize product cost, in the least amount of time, and at the least amount of product development cost.

We then derived high-level objectives as follows:

  • Better understand the customer (maximize customer value)
  • Do the right projects (product, project and portfolio value analysis)
  • Do projects right (minimize redesigns, waste and rework)
  • Level load the organization (minimize bottlenecks and resource constraints)
  • Create and re-use artifacts (standardize and sustain best practices)

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by Adam Bahret 2 Comments

What is Mercedes Doing !!!

What is Mercedes Doing !!!

Mercedes used to be known for their outstanding reliability. They were the benchmark for 80 years ,no exageration.  The new CLA250 model which is their base model has a reliability that is 140% less than the average rated car.  What???  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Apex Ridge, Articles, on Product Reliability, Uncategorized

by Adam Bahret Leave a Comment

The Perfect Reliability Program

The Perfect Reliability Program

An executive asked me how to make a “perfectly reliable product.”

I told him that program would look a lot like an embarrassing market failure that could put a company out of business.

This was not the response he was expecting.  I chose to elaborate before he just walked away.

The investment of time, dollars, and man power to create a “perfectly” reliable product would force such a compromise on all other aspects of the product and program that any type of market success would almost be impossible.  I can only think of two types of products that could benefit from an approach of creating perfect reliability. The two I am thinking of are the Mars Rover ‘Curiosity” and a nuclear power plant. The desire for “perfect reliability” would be driven by either an avoidance of massive loss of life (not just a few lives) or loss of billions of dollars by a single failure mode.

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