Where are FMEAs (and their standards) Heading?
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Carl and Chris discussing the future of FMEA, sharing their vision for where this method is headed.
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SOR 892 Where are FMEAs (and their standards) Heading?
SOR 858 Reliability Predictions and FMEA Occurrence
Reliability Predictions and FMEA Occurrence
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Carl and Fred discussing a reader question about FMEAs. Specifically, whether reliability predictions (for similar systems) are valid input to the Occurrence rating in an FMEA.
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SOR 833 FMEA Occurrence Question
FMEA Occurrence Question
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Carl and Fred discussing a question received by an Inside FMEA reader on the subject of FMEA occurrence rating.
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SOR 719 FMEAs and HALT
FMEAs and HALT
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Kirk and Fred discuss the relationship between FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis) and HALT (Highly Accelerated Limit Test)
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SOR 676 FMEAs and Percentage Reduction in Failures
FMEAs and Percentage Reduction in Failures
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Chris and Carl ask each other … by how much do FMEAs improve reliability? … or reduce failure?
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SOR 643 Maintenance FMEAs
Maintenance FMEAs
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Carl and Fred discussing the application of FMEAs in support of asset maintenance.
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SOR 594 FMEA and Legal Considerations
FMEA and Legal Considerations
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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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229 – Building Support for FMEA with Fred Schenkelberg
Building Support for FMEA with Fred Schenkelberg
We’re glad to have Fred Schenkelberg from the Accendo Reliability website joining us. He hosts the Speaking of Reliability podcast and even does reliability webinars. Fred also has articles and helps create online courses on Accendo. He’s well versed in the product development space of reliability engineering. But among the tools used, he’ll give us an in-depth look into gaining support for FMEAs.
Fred will give us insight on:
- Are organizations willing to give up their resources?
- What can you do to gain support for FMEAs?
- Top points for building support for FMEAs
… and so much more!
SOR 531 Unique Role of FMEA
SOR 531 Unique Role of FMEA
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Carl discusses the unique role that FMEA can play in a reliability program, when done exceptionally well.
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SOR 484 FMEA: Top Down or Bottom Up
FMEA: Top Down or Bottom Up
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James and Fred discussing prioritizing risks to solve in the world of asset management.
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SOR 462 The FMEA Overreach Syndrome
The FMEA Overreach Syndrome
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Carl and Fred discussing the role of FMEA in product and process development, and how to supplement or replace FMEA with other tools, when appropriate.
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SOR 430 Better FMEA Results in Less Time
Better FMEA Results in Less Time
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Carl and Fred discussing the time it takes to do an FMEA, and how to shorten the in-meeting time, while increasing the quality of results.
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106 – How to Learn from Failures with Fred Schenkelberg
How to Learn from Failures with Fred Schenkelberg
No matter how good you are at your job, there are always failures in the systems because of some reason. You can’t stop all of them but you can learn from them. There is always something to learn when a failure occurs. Whether it is finding the root cause or devising a solution to prevent it in the future. What happens in the industry that we forget what failures occurred in the last few years?—over the time. This is something that is alarming. It is your job to remember or communicate with those who might. That is how you can better assess the nature and root cause of the failure.
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81 – Making FMEAs Work with Fred Schenkelberg
Making FMEAs Work with Fred Schenkelberg
In most of the organizations, Failure Modes and Effect Analysis, is taken as a light exercise where people come, argue, and leave without learning a single thing of value for their company. There is a lot going on when you are in need of FMEA because unless your equipment is failing, downtime is increasing, and you are losing big cash, why would you even bother to do FMEA right? Well, there is the answer why FMEA workshops lead to nothing knowledgeable in the organizations. FMEA is a very useful tool for you to know the causes of equipment failure and the steps you can take to prevent it from happening again.
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SOR 233 When to Do FMEAs
When to Do FMEAs
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Carl and Fred discussing when FMEAs should be done to support product development projects. FMEAs take time and cost money to support, and should be done when a certain level of risk can be effectively addressed by the FMEA procedure.
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