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Kirk and Fred discussing about a subject that is quite different from electronics and systems, that is the degradation of fruit and vegetables and prevention of aging or preservation of fruit.
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Kirk and Fred discussing a question from a listener, that is pretty fundamental to HALT programs, what to do before starting to do HALT.
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Passionate entrepreneur with 15+ years of experience in leading cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise software and connected devices with hardware, software, and cloud analytics; Proven track record of developing 4+ ideas from concept to product launch with fail fast philosophy generating $150MM revenues.
Experienced in managing teams in all aspects of the product life-cycle including market analysis, product strategy, R&D initiatives, driving product requirements through rapid prototyping, regulatory compliance, and go-to-market with marketing, sales, and partners.
We don’t just rely on the numbers – we always plot the data!
We review how we use plots to look past the numbers, and to be aware of common gotchas!
Chris and Fred discuss how you go about finding a lab to help you come up with some meaningful reliability information. Does that laboratory exist?
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Chris and Fred discuss this thing called ‘stress-strength’ we hear a lot about in the world of reliability … especially when we need to use it to work out ‘reliability stuff.’
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In this week’s episode, we have Bennett Fitch, Chief Strategy Officer at Noria Corporation, joining Ryan LIVE at the 2022 Reliable Plant Conference. We’ll explore Bennett’s extensive experience in lubrication and oil analysis to uncover practical tips and tricks for improving lubrication practices in your own organization. Tune in today!
Supplier control plans and design specs can go hand-in-hand in the quest for quality.
Control plans aren’t just for quality professionals! Learn how partnering with suppliers for a simple control plan can benefit your design process.
Some of you might have heard about probability plots … like Weibull plots. Some of you might not. A Weibull plot is a really useful way of quickly ‘looking’ at data and being able to ‘see’ really useful things. This could be seeing that a system’s failure rate is decreasing over time … which usually means there are manufacturing defects. It could be seeing that the rate of failure of a system is increasing over time … which means the system is accumulating damage or wearing out. And lots of other things. So, let’s look at a different sort of ‘probability’ plot … and see what we can work out from it. And that means working out what we need to do to improve reliability. Join this webinar if you want to learn how to see really useful things in lines that you might not have appreciated in the past.
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Today, we’re going to talk about contract manufacturing. Do you have a circuit assembly that needs to be built? Don’t have the equipment in-house or enough bandwidth or specialized expertise to build it? You may be best served by utilizing the services of a contract manufacturer.
Contract manufacturers come in all shapes, sizes and capabilities.
Should I seek out a Tier 1 manufacturer? How about Tier 2, 3, 4? What does tier stand for anyway?
should I have my assemblies built overseas or in-country? What about issues such as ITAR? Who will be providing the components? What if I need more than just boards assembled such as design, testing and box build?
To answer these and so many more questions I’ve invited my friend and colleague David Raby to be my guest.
David is the president of STI electronics, founded in 1982 by David’s father the late Jim Raby. Those of you who have been around the electronics industry for some time will know Jim Raby for his work with the US Navy in establishing military standards for electronics manufacturing and the development of the NASA and Department of Defense Soldering Schools. Over the past 40 years, STI Electronics has expanded its focus from consulting and technical seminars to providing training, laboratory analysis, advanced research and development, microelectronics assembly, prototyping, and small to medium volume PCB contract assembly for the electronics industry.
David graduated from Auburn University with a bachelors degree in Aviation Management.
David Raby’s Contact Info:
draby@stiusa.com
www.stiusa.com
The Concept to Creation Podcast episode featuring David Raby:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szJ06lnmXb4&t=6s
Greg and Fred discuss the future of quality and reliability – which may be ‘back to the future’ of quality.
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Greg and Fred discuss the importance for making smart decisions. The challenge is that after Covid we are all tired of making decisions. So, have we lost our perspective and even our sense of humor in understanding context in making smart decisions.
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Every major industry relies on semiconductors, including automobile makers and the defense industry. This resource is so vital to our economy and society, yet it’s taking a long time to pass a bill to alleviate the shortage. Now, American semiconductor giants are warning lawmakers that they may relocate overseas if they continue to be unsupported. Ramesh Gulati, the Reliability Sherpa, is back on the show to share his thoughts on this situation and the impact this will have on our industry now and in the future. Listen today!
Our manufacturing friends are approaching us with a problem.
They want to test the product during manufacturing. The way the product is currently designed doesn’t let them do this, or not easily.
Can we make a design change so they can test?
Imagine that they’re coming to us with this question before we’ve completed the design. Can they really see the future?
Perhaps, with strategic use of FMEA. We talk through a scenario of how to do it.
Carl and Fred discussing the essence of a facilitator’s role in leading meetings and reliability methods. This role is discussed from the viewpoint of reliability applications.
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