Vendors and Reliability

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Kirk and Fred discuss the value or risks of sending failed components to the vendor for failure analysis.

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Mastering AI and Your Career

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Greg and Fred discuss how AI is changing work, careers, and jobs.  Last week, Fiverr CEO warned staff: ‘AI is coming for your jobs, including mine!’  So what  does this really mean for reliability and quality professionals?  And importantly, what can you do about it? ᐅ Play Episode

Better Risk Management

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Greg and Fred discuss risk management tools specifically the advantages and disadvantages of using color -coded risk matrices.
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AI and Reliability Planning

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Carl and Fred discuss a few ways to use AI during the reliability planning process.
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System FMEA

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Carl and Fred discuss a question from a listener about the scope and procedure for a System FMEA, and what is different from other FMEA types.
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Risk Planning

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Greg and Fred discuss risk planning and why folks don’t do it.  And, then they wonder what and why something happened.
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Phantom Test Results

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Dianna and Fred discuss phantom test results in reliability testing.
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Sample Size Considerations

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Dianna and Fred discuss sample size considerations for reliability testing.
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Dismissing Failures

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Chris and Fred discuss a common problem of dismissing or ignoring failures, especially when they don’t fit your ‘profile.’
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Test to Pass or Fail

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Enrico and Fred discuss two of the most common reliability testing approaches.
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Traditional Reliability Methods

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Kirk and Fred discuss a question from a listener about why traditional reliability methods don’t work for modern electronics.

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Adhesives

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Kirk and Fred discuss the reliability issues around using adhesives to attach mechanical assemblies.
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