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Carl and Fred discussing a listener-submitted topic about highly accelerated life testing.
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Author of Inside FMEA articles, FMEA Resources page, and multiple books, and a co-host on Speaking of Reliability.
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Carl and Fred discussing a listener-submitted topic about highly accelerated life testing.
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Carl and Fred discussing how to select the tools that will be used in reliability plans.
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Carl and Fred discussing the dynamics of teams, how they work, and what can go wrong.
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Carl and Fred discussing the role of common sense in reliability engineering and management.
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One of the most important concepts in designing for reliability is robust design. This article is a high-level overview of robust design and its relationship to FMEA.
“For the robust, an error is information.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Carl and Fred continuing to discuss how to teach reliability. This is part 2 of the podcast series “Teaching Reliability.”
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“The danger which is least expected soonest comes to us.” Voltaire
This article discusses the application of Hazard Analysis, why it is used, and the similarities and differences with FMEA.
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Carl and Fred discussing the attributes of good reliability requirements, and how they can be used to improve the reliability requirements setting process.
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Carl and Fred discussing some of their most memorable reliability decisions, and how the decisions came about.
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“My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.” Anonymous
More and more mechanical and electrical systems include software integration. The FMEA methodology applies very well to software as well as hardware. It is possible to include software functionality in the System FMEA as part of the functional descriptions. However, for complex software functionality such as embedded control systems, it may be useful to perform a separate software FMEA.
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Carl and Fred discussing the myriad of reliability methods and tools, and how they can be differentiated by how they support program decisions and add value.
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FMEAs are legal documents that support the demonstration of due care in product development. FMEA teams should ensure their worksheets are consistent with good legal practices for documents, and follow company legal guidelines.
“Common sense often makes good law.” William Orville Douglas, past Justice of the Supreme Court
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Carl and Fred discussing a reliability approach where the focus becomes core functions. This is compared to approaching reliability at the project level.
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Carl and Fred discussing the timely subject of working from home in the virtual world. Whether you are running a meeting, participating in an FMEA, teaching, or collaborating online, what works and does not work?
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Carl and Fred discussing common sense legal guidelines for doing FMEAs. The focus of FMEAs should be first and foremost on improving designs and manufacturing processes, and consistent with company legal policy.
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