Do You Need a Degree in Reliability
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Kirk and Fred discussing higher education and the importance of a college degree in reliability for a career in reliability engineering.
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SOR 746 Do You Need a Degree in Reliability
Speaking of Reliability
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SOR 745 Reliability Program vs Reality
Reliability Program vs Reality
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Kirk and Fred discussing failures in products after launch and the importance of and knowing how the customers use conditions.
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SOR 744 Reliability Growth
Reliability Growth
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Chris and Fred discuss what ‘reliability growth’ means? Sounds simple … right? And it can be. But sometimes not.
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SOR 743 System Engineering and Reliability
System Engineering and Reliability
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Chris and Fred discuss what are often seen as competing/different/complementary/friendly/unfriendly disciplines … systems and reliability engineering. How does one relate to the other?
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SOR 742 Reliability and Quality
Reliability and Quality
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Dianna and Fred discussing differences and similarities between quality and reliability.
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SOR 741 What is Working in Quality
What is Working in Quality
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Dianna and Fred discussing the role of Quality and quality professionals in an organization.
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SOR 740 Building Rapport and Influence
Building Rapport and Influence
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Carl and Fred discussing how to build rapport with colleagues, as one of the steps in shaping and influencing product designs and manufacturing processes.
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SOR 739 Maintenance v Product Reliability Engineering
Maintenance v Product Reliability Engineering
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Carl and Fred discussing a listener question about the crossover knowledge between asset reliability and product reliability. What are the similarities? What are the differences? What about a potential career change between one and the other?
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SOR 738 Design Use of Cpk
Design Use of Cpk
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Chris and Fred discuss the use of this thing called ‘Cpk’ which is what we call a ‘capability index.’ This is a measure of how ‘capable’ a typically manufacturing process is, which helps us understand the percentage of defects we create. But reliability engineers often see this as something that ‘manufacturing teams’ or ‘quality people’ do. But is it?
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SOR 737 Proper Use of Cpk
Proper Use of Cpk
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Chris and Fred discuss what ‘Cpk’ and other ‘capability indices’ mean … especially when it comes to reliability. Never heard of this or want to learn more? Listen to this podcast!
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SOR 736 Modern Phone Qualification
Modern Phone Qualification
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Dianna and Fred discussing the information needed to determine how to qualify product reliability. ᐅ Play Episode
SOR 735 Value of Certification
Value of Certification
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Carl and Fred discussing a listener question about the value of certification in reliability engineering. Does it help one’s career advancement? Will it enhance one’s salary? What are the pros and cons? Does certification improve one’s prospects internationally?
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SOR 734 Can Organizations Change
Can Organizations Change
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Greg and Fred discuss the increasing requirement for organizations to change.
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SOR 733 Change Management with Humans
Change Management with Humans
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Greg and Fred discuss the range of elements involved with change management.
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SOR 732 Reliability Goals and Allocation
Reliability Goals and Allocation
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Chris and Fred discuss reliability goals … and how we ‘allocate’ them to components and subsystems. This is really important, as subsystems and components are often built and designed by different designers or organizations. So how do we translate system-level goals to MEANINGFUL lower-level goals?
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