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RM 041: A Conversation with Better Board Buying’s Greg Papandrew

RM 041: A Conversation with Better Board Buying’s Greg Papandrew

A Conversation with Better Board Buying’s Greg Papandrew

Episode 41: A Conversation with Better Board Buying’s Greg Papandrew About Ways to Buy Boards Better. Should you purchase boards overseas or domestically? What questions should you ask your board vendor? Greg answers these and other board-buying questions.

Our guest is Greg Papandrew, co-founder of Better Board Buying. Greg is the author of PCB Basics for Buyers. Greg can be reached here:
Greg Papandrew
greg@boardbuying.com
https://boardbuying.com

 

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209-The Productive Leadership System with Tom Moriarty

209-The Productive Leadership System with Tom Moriarty

The Productive Leadership System with Tom Moriarty

With us, today, to talk about the Productive Leadership System (PLS) is Tom Moriarty. PLS is essential in getting maintenance and reliability principles to work.

 

We will tackle:

  • What leadership is
  • What is PLS
  • How to improve leadership within the organization
  • How to begin the journey to having good productive leadership in your organization

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SOR 547 When and Why Around Assumptions

SOR 547 When and Why Around Assumptions

When and Why Around Assumptions

Abstract

Chris and Fred discuss assumptions – and when you need to check if they are valid. And if you do need to … how do you check these assumptions? Reliability (and all sorts of other engineers) need to study variation and variance. We are often interested in when the first ‘5 percent’ of things will fail. So assumptions on the underlying failure (or random) process are crucial. Sound familiar? Listen to this podcast to learn more.
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RRP 102 Planning, Scheduling and CMMS Q&A

RRP 102 Planning, Scheduling and CMMS Q&A

RRP 102 Planning, Scheduling and CMMS Q&A

On this week’s episode, I welcome a great panel of guests to answer questions about planning, scheduling and CMMS.  The expert panelists are George Williams, Cliff Williams, James Kovacevic, Joe Schmitt & Stuart Fergusson.

If you’re company sells products or services to engaged maintenance & reliability professionals, tell your marketing manager about Rob’s Reliability Project.  If you’d like to discuss advertising on my content, please email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

Music by XTaKeRuX, Song: White Crow is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.

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208-Pros and Cons of Different RCA Methods with Shon Isenhour

208-Pros and Cons of Different RCA Methods with Shon Isenhour

Pros and Cons of Different RCA Methods with Shon Isenhour

Shon has been on our past episodes. He is the founder of Eruditio LLC, a co-author of several books, a conference presenter, and he has been in maintenance and reliability for quite a while. He has been in the reliability sector for 20 years.

This episode focuses on:

  • What is root cause analysis
  • What are the Different Tools of RCA
  • How do You Pick a Tool to Use

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PDFs, CDFs, and other ‘Fs’ — What the hell are they?

PDFs, CDFs, and other ‘Fs’ — What the hell are they?

PDFs, CDFs, and other ‘Fs’
What the hell are they?

podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson

Ok. They say there are lies, damn lies, and statistics. At the heart of statistics are these intimidating functions like ‘probability density functions’ and ‘cumulative distribution functions.’

They mean something – but are practically useless unless they help inform a decision. And we, as engineers, are supposed to know what these functions mean. But have you ever sat in a meeting or presentation where you realized some gaps in your knowledge? … or perhaps you felt like you were given too many charts but not enough help to make your decision?

If you want a really easy introduction or review of these functions – then check out this webinar!
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RRP 101 Maintenance & Reliability Q&A

RRP 101 Maintenance & Reliability Q&A

RRP 101 Maintenance & Reliability Q&A

On this week’s episode, we have a great panel of guests to take some questions from the audience.  Our expert panelists are Joe Anderson, Fred Schenkelberg, James Novak, Adrian Messer & Andy Gailey.

If you’re company sells products or services to engaged maintenance & reliability professionals, tell your marketing manager about Rob’s Reliability Project.  If you’d like to discuss advertising on my content, please email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

Music by XTaKeRuX, Song: White Crow is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.

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RM 040: A Return Conversation with SMT Guru Bob Willis

RM 040: A Return Conversation with SMT Guru Bob Willis

A Return Conversation with SMT Guru Bob Willis

Episode 40: A Return Conversation with SMT Guru Bob Willis. Thirty nine episodes after Bob’s first appearance on Reliability Matters he returns to discuss life as a consultant in the electronics assembly industry.

Bob can be reached at:

Bob Willis
2 Fourth Avenue,
Chelmsford, Essex,
CM1 4HA England
Tel: +44 (0)1245 351502
https://www.bobwillis.co.uk
bob@bobwillis.co.uk

 

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207-Hand Safety With Joe Geng

207-Hand Safety With Joe Geng

Hand Safety With Joe Geng

In maintenance and reliability practices, physical risks are always present. The most common injuries are hand injuries. Today, we have Joe Geng telling us all about the importance of hand safety.

He has a book out aimed at helping workers understand:

  • Why hand safety is important
  • How we can prevent hand injuries
  • The levels of ensuring work safety
  • The measures you can take to ensure hand safety

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