The Pride of Reliability

Abstract

Adam and Fred discussing how pride in your work is a component of highly reliable products.

Key Points

Join Adam and Fred as they discuss how pride in your work is a component of highly reliable products.
Topics include:

Old world craftsmanship before the industrial revolution lead to highly reliable products
How did mass manufacturing remove this aspect of product creation?
How has the quality and reliability revolution of the past few decades brought it back?

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SOR 493 The Pride of ReliabilityAdam Bahret

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About Adam Bahret

I am a Reliability engineer with over 20 years of experience in mechanical and electrical systems in many industries. I founded Apex Ridge Reliability as a firm to assist technology companies with the critical reliability steps in their product development programs and organizational culture.

Comments

Karl Burnett says

February 2, 2020 at 2:53 PM

Adam and Fred,

I loved your comments about the One Hoss Shay and the asset management concepts it contains. You recognized its 1858 publication as an early milestone in the concept of reliability…but…it is not the first!

I would love to discuss this further with any other historically-minded listeners.

Thank you for the nice literary and historical reference. Part of pride is heritage, and craftsmanship in maintenance has a longer history than you might think.

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- Fred Schenkelberg says
  
  February 2, 2020 at 4:05 PM
  
  Hi Karl,
  
  I’m curious, let’s arrange a time to talk and hit record. Send me an email and suggest a time or two. fms@accendoreliability.com
  
  Cheers,
  
  Fred
  
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