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Carl and Fred discuss the role of stories in conveying principles to others. At first, it may not come easily; but it is an essential part of good communication, and well worth the effort.
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Carl and Fred discuss another of the communication skills: how to use questions in your reliability practice.
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Progressive improvement beats delayed perfection. Mark Twain
In this article, I will outline how to evaluate an individual Design FMEA or Process FMEA against the FMEA Quality Objective for design improvements.
An essential part of FMEA procedure is for the FMEA team to recommend and implement actions to reduce risk to an acceptable level. For Design FMEAs, this includes actions to improve the product design. For Process FMEA, this includes actions to improve the design of the manufacturing or assembly process. Of course, there are other types of actions that can be recommended, such as test improvements; but this quality objective is focused on design improvements. [Read more…]
Carl and Fred discuss a listener question about the assumptions that go into a Design FMEA, relating to manufacturing and assembly.
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Carl and Fred discuss why the skill of listening is essential to successful application of reliability engineering.
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“Always remember, your focus determines your reality” – George Lucas
In this article, I will outline how to evaluate an FMEA against the FMEA Quality Objective for identifying special characteristics. Special characteristics are often not well understood by FMEA teams, and yet have potential to be highly useful in FMEA applications.
Carl and Fred discuss a subject that some people find difficult. How to plan for reliability.
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Carl and Fred discuss the wide range of soft skills that reliability engineers need to learn, in order to be fully successful in their jobs.
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Carl and Dianna discuss the topic of interfaces, in reliability engineering and FMEA.
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“Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing” – Warren Buffett
In this article, I will outline how to evaluate an FMEA against the FMEA Quality Objective for identifying high-risk failures.
One definition for “risk” is “the possibility of loss or injury;” and “high” means “of a greater degree, amount or cost than expected.” Putting these words together, “high risk” means the anticipated loss or injury is too great. [Read more…]
Carl and Chris discuss the broad subject of reliability allocation. What is it, when is it used, and what are the primary pitfalls to success?
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Carl and Dianna discuss two of the least understood and potentially powerful FMEA data elements: Special Product Characteristics for Design FMEAs, and Special Process Characteristics for Process FMEAs.
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Carl and Chris discuss the changing opportunities and challenges with AI and reliability engineering. What are the positive interactions, and where should we be concerned?
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“Risk analysis is the art of turning uncertainty into actionable insight.” — Anonymous
In this article, I will outline how to evaluate an FMEA against the FMEA Quality Objective for Technical Risk Analysis.
By definition, “risk analysis” is “the systematic process of identifying, evaluating, and estimating the levels of risk involved in a situation, process, or system, in order to inform decision-making. [Read more…]
Carl and Fred discuss our top advice for those starting a role as a reliability engineer for the first time.
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