Vendor MTBF Claim
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Philip and Fred discussing a listener question about how to verify vendor claims about reliability.
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SOR 611 Vendor MTBF Claim
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SOR 610 Public Perception and Reliability
Public Perception and Reliability
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Kirk and Fred discussing the public’s perception of reliability after having a product with poor reliability or one with impressive robustness and how the online sharing of information can affect that in sales, or lack of.
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SOR 609 Demistifying Derating
Demistifying Derating
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Kirk and Fred discussing the reasons and practice of derating components for the purpose of improving the reliability of electronics products, as Kirk’s experience has shown most causes of unreliability are due to mistakes and overlooked errors in design, use, or manufacturing
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SOR 608 Attributes of Reliability Requirements
Attributes of Reliability Requirements
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Carl and Fred discussing the attributes of good reliability requirements, and how they can be used to improve the reliability requirements setting process.
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SOR 607 Reliability Decisions
Reliability Decisions
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Carl and Fred discussing some of their most memorable reliability decisions, and how the decisions came about.
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SOR 606 Decisions and Problem Statements
Decisions and Problem Statements
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James and Fred discussing the need to focus on upcoming decisions and problems to solve.
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SOR 605 Planning Ahead Guidance
Planning Ahead Guidance
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James and Fred discussing how to go about preparing and planning for the coming year.
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SOR 604 How We Prepare Future Reliability Engineers
How We Prepare Future Reliability Engineers
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Philip and Fred discussing the importance of mentoring and reliability guidance.
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SOR 603 Critical Few in Risk Management
Critical Few in Risk Management
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Philip and Fred discuss Risk management – internet challenges during COVID and how we analyse integrated systems that challenge traditional methods.
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SOR 602 Is a Test to Pass Useful?
Is a Test to Pass Useful?
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Kirk and Fred discussing the desire of everyone to “Pass the Tests”, which in reliability testing may not provide the best information on a products potential reliability.
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SOR 601 Checkbox Activities
Checkbox Activities
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Kirk and Fred discussing those reliability procedures such as cookbook predictions that are “check the box” activities and do not add value and may be misleading
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SOR 600 How is Reliability Engineering Changing
How is Reliability Engineering Changing
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Fred discusses a couple of noticeable trends affecting our profession.
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SOR 599 Better Performance not Just Fewer Failures
Better Performance not Just Fewer Failures
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Chris and Fred discuss what performance actually means. When it comes to reliability engineering … is this simply having fewer failures? NO! There is plenty more to reliability engineering than simply taking a ‘thing’ and simply making it work for longer. How can reliability engineering make more appealing, more functional, and less expensive products? Listen to this podcast for more!
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SOR 598 Standards and Intent
Standards and Intent
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Chris and Fred discuss how we use standards for reliability engineering, safety, and other similar fields. Standards have a place in everything we do. But issues come when we stop thinking about the thing we are creating and rely on the standards to guide really important decisions. Why is this silly? Listen to the podcast!
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SOR 597 Reliability Tools: Supporting Good Decisions and Adding Value
Reliability Tools: Supporting Good Decisions and Adding Value
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Carl and Fred discussing the myriad of reliability methods and tools, and how they can be differentiated by how they support program decisions and add value.
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