Career Strategies
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Kirk and Fred discuss about a career progression in the field of reliability engineering and job movement in this post-pandemic work world.
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SOR 866 Career Strategies
Speaking of Reliability
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SOR 865 The Right to Repair
The Right to Repair
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Kirk and Fred discuss new efforts in states to legislate the consumer’s right to repair equipment they have purchased.
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SOR 864 Using Peck’s Equation
Using Peck’s Equation
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Chris and Fred discussing the proper use of the equation often used to determine acceleration factors for accelerated temperature and humidity testing.
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SOR 863 Failure Rate to a Distribution
Failure Rate to a Distribution
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Chris and Fred discussing a listener’s questions on how to convert a failure rate to a distribution.
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SOR 862 Dealing with Reliability Risk
Dealing with Reliability Risk
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Greg and Fred discussing how reliability inherently involves variability and risk.
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SOR 861 Reshoring and Talent
Reshoring and Talent
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Greg and Fred discussing bringing suppliers back to the location of OEM headquarters and factories. A common risk is finding the talent to design and build these factories.
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SOR 860 Software and Thinking
Software and Thinking
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Chris and Fred discuss the many and varied different software package that can help you do ‘reliability stuff’ … and how we usually assume everything they do is ‘OK.’ But how do we know the software is giving us the numbers we need?
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SOR 859 An ALT Design Question
An ALT Design Question
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Chris and Fred discuss an ALT or Accelerate Life Test Design Question. We love these podcasts … as we are directly answering a question from one of our listeners. Interested in hearing a response to a real-world question from a listener?
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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 857 Selecting the Right Method
Selecting the Right Method
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Greg and Fred discussing the right method (s) to solve quality and reliability problems specifically answering the question ‘is the approach good enough?’
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SOR 856 ChatGPT and Reliability
ChatGPT and Reliability
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Kirk and Fred discuss the use of artificial intelligence engines such as ChatGPT in Reliability Engineering. A copy of the ChatGPT questions and responses that we discuss on this podcast is listed in the show notes below.
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SOR 855 Mechanical Lessons Learned
Mechanical Lessons Learned
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Kirk and Fred discussing Kirk’s recent trip to the Texas Pinball Festival (TPF) and the reliability of Pinball Machines which new designs have been produced for over six decades. Some of the mechanical assemblies have not changed in design for those many decades, even though some changes would be simple and useful, but change is difficult in this very small group of manufacturers.
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SOR 854 Reliability Gap Assessment
Reliability Gap Assessment
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Carl and Fred discussing the second step in achieving high reliability: “Develop a Reliability Gap Assessment.”
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SOR 853 Reliability Strategic Vision
Reliability Strategic Vision
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Carl and Fred discussing the first step in achieving high reliability: “Develop a Reliability Strategic Vision.”
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SOR 852 Decisions and Value
Decisions and Value
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Chris and Fred discuss the importance of understanding value when you make decisions. And value needs to mean something to you and your organization. Not something in a dictionary.
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