Fundamentals of Product Warranty

By Fred Schenkelberg

January 13, 2026 / 9am Pacific Time

A product warranty is a form of guarantee that if the product doesn’t work, it will be repaired or replaced. Yet, is this just marketing or is it smart business? Warranties are seemingly automatic with the purchase of an item, yet why do so many stores offer an ‘extended warranty’?

Let’s explore what warranties are and are not, plus why they even exist. How are the terms of a warranty set, and by whom? Also, analyzing warranty data is one way to learn how well a product is doing in the field.

Human Reliability

By James Brenneman

January 8, 2026 /9am Pacific Time

Registration link and abstract pending.

Introduction to Cause Mapping® – Effective Root Cause Analysis

By Mark Galley

January 9, 2026 / 8am Pacific Time

Learn how to become better at solving problems in your job in just 45 minutes. During this webinar, we’ll demonstrate Cause Mapping® RCA, which is evidence-based cause-and-effect root cause analysis that can be used on day-to-day issues as well as catastrophic incidents. Anyone wanting to become a more effective manager or team member can benefit from this discussion. Participants will take away practical tips that can be implemented immediately.

Service-Based Safety Assurance: Considering the Principles of Safety Assurance for the Services we Deliver

By Kevin King

January 14, 2026 / 4:30-5:45am Pacific Time

This webinar will discuss the work by the Safety Critical Systems Club (SCSC) Service Assurance Working Group that has led to their published Guidance, plus some clear examples of Service failures where application of the Service Assurance Principles may have led to a far better outcome.

The webinar will be relevant to anyone involved in delivery of a safety-critical service: Safety Engineers, Safety Managers, Service Delivery Engineers, Service Managers, Service Architects, and Engineering Managers with an interest in Assurance.

Reliability Evaluation for SiC and GaN Power Devices Through Multiple Mechanism Models

By Professor Joseph Bernstein

January 14, 2026 / 8:30-10:30am Pacific Time

$200

This seminar will point out many flaws of the traditional paradigms of reliability evaluation and lifetime prediction. We will go through actual errors that are still propagated by JEDEC standards and old-thinking methodologies that have not been updated for over 40 years. I will take you through mathematically correct ways to frame the data and make proper predictions for time to fail and parameter degradation over time. Furthermore, I will show our resonant boost-converter circuit that allows evaluating the long-term reliability predictions at very high frequencies allowing a reliability prediction for parameter degradation.

Excel Tips & Tricks for Using the Cause Mapping® Template

By Aaron Cross

January 16, 2026 / 8am Pacific Time

This FREE Webinar will demonstrate how powerful the drawing tool within Excel can be to document, communicate and share your entire investigation within our Excel Cause Mapping template without having to invest in new expensive, complicated software.

Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Study Horror Stories

By Louise Wilson

January 21, 2026 / 4:30-5:45m Pacific Time

Preventing Product Delays

By Michael Pfeifer

January 21, 2026 / 8am Pacific Time

These common problems increase the likelihood of product delays:

• Repeating product testing because of test failures
• Suppliers unable to provide stock materials and components that meet your specifications.
• Production processes that are unable to meet throughput and quality requirements.

These problems are often related to the materials in a product: selecting inadequate materials for components,  insufficient supplier evaluation, and manufacturing processes hurting the materials being processed.

A powerful approach to prevent delays is often overlooked – materials engineering.  This relatively simple approach can have a huge impact on sales and profits. It’s sometimes transformative.

Learn how to avoid risks to meeting product schedules by including materials engineering expertise during product development decisions.

The 2026 State of Maintenance Report: Insights & Action Plan

By Ryan Chan

January 22, 2026 / 10am Pacific Time

Join industry experts as we break down the key findings from our annual research and discuss what they mean for your maintenance operations.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• Why budget confidence is declining and how to demonstrate ROI more effectively
• The technology adoption plateau: understanding the gap between investment and implementation
• The AI readiness gap: why expectations don’t match organizational preparedness
• How to escape the reactive maintenance trap and shift toward proactive strategies
• Practical approaches to address the intensifying workforce crisis

We’ll talk through practical ways maintenance leaders can move forward in the new year.

Lessons Learned from the Loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger

By Mark Galley

January 23, 2026 / 8am Pacific Time

On the morning of January 28, 1986, during the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger, NASA’s first space shuttle disaster occurred. A mere 73 seconds after liftoff, the space shuttle broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, taking the lives of all seven crew members. In this webinar, we’ll use this catastrophic event as a case study for understanding how a cause-and-effect based root cause analysis can be applied to complex, catastrophic incidents.

Rapid Detection and Quantification of Microelectronic Degradation

By Devon Richman and Dr. Michael Azarian

January 27, 2026 / 8am Pacific Time

Researchers at CALCE are developing new applications for a test method called side-channel power analysis. CALCE’s work pairs machine-learning-based data analytics with the advantages of side-channel analysis to enable rapid testing of electronic products, including both parts and assemblies.

In this webinar, we will explain the fundamental principles of side-channel power analysis and present the results of CALCE’s research. Join us as we explore the full potential of this innovative test method and take advantage of the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in electronic testing.

Understanding NFPA 70B Compliance

By Aris Pena

January 28, 2026 / 7-10am Pacific Time

$550

Understanding NFPA 70B Compliance is for the person who wants to leverage the provisions of the 2023 NFPA 70B Standard for Electrical Equipment Maintenance to enhance their existing maintenance program and strategy and best safety practices.

The course will cover developing maintenance tasks utilizing the information gathered during the inspection, how to verify that equipment has been inspected to comply with applicable installation codes and standards and creating sustainable record retention policies for all maintenance, equipment, and personnel.

Making Vibration Data Digital: From Waveforms to Cloud Analytics

By Tom LaRocque

January 29, 2026 /11am Pacific Time

Delivering vibration data digitally allows waveforms, FFT spectra, and calculated vibration metrics to move seamlessly into existing control, enterprise, and cloud systems. In this session, Wilcoxon’s expert team will explain how Modbus, OPC UA, and MQTT each enable vibration data delivery, showing how these protocols handle everything from targeted monitoring to full-scale analytics.

We’ll cover the characteristics of each protocol, how they transmit vibration data, and the role they play at operations, enterprise, and cloud levels. Join us to understand how digital protocols make vibration data more accessible and useful across your organization.

In this webinar you will learn:

1. How vibration data (waveforms, spectra, and overall metrics) is transmitted over Modbus, OPC UA, and MQTT.
2. Practical differences in how each protocol enables monitoring at the operations, enterprise, and cloud levels.
3. How to balance comprehensive data output with practical subsets tailored to your monitoring goals.
4. Ways to extend vibration data use cases — from trending and alarming to predictive analytics, digital twins, and vibration SaaS platforms.