Reliability-Safety-Risk Relationships

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Andre and Fred discussing the overlapping engineering fields of safety, risk, dependability, performability, reliability, quality.
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Getting the Most of Attending Conference

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Andre and Fred discussing a few hints and tips to get the most out of conference attendance.
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Setting Up a Corporate Reliability Training Program

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Andre and Fred discussing a common role for reliability engineers: training.

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What is the Role of Standards in Reliability Programs?

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Carl and Fred discussing the role of standards in reliability programs.
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Where Should the Reliability Group Reside? – Part 2

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Carl and Fred reply to a question from a listener about the location of the reliability group, and expand on the earlier podcast on this topic.
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Let’s Change the Reliability Engineering Practice

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Kirk and Fred discussing the continued need to change much of the activities in reliability engineering in the goal of ensuring and improving the reliability of electronics and electro-mechanical systems.
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The Problems with Our Reliability Engineering Practice

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Kirk and Fred discuss the history of our Speaking of Reliability podcasts and the changes needed in approaches to reliability engineering and the need for leaders to continue practical and efficient reliability development.
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PhD or Home Grown Reliability Engineers

Are the stereotypes of either truly indicative of reliability engineers in ways that can hurt your organization?
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The Reliability Bad News Delivery

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Adam and Fred discussing the challenge and best practices for reporting on product and program issues.
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The Reliability Disconnect

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Adam and Fred discussing the disconnect between project plans for significant reliability activities and the common compromise of minimal reliability analysis and testing in a program.
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Risks in Accelerated Life Test Results

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Andre and Fred discussing some of the ways an ALT can lead you astray, quickly.
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 Weibull Analysis and Physics Trumps Mathematics

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Andre and Fred discussing the need to understand failures mechanisms using a combination of analysis and physics.
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The Benefits of Equipment Cleanliness

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James and Fred discussing the necessity of keeping equipment clean and orderly.
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Difference Between Quality and Reliability

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Adam and Chris Stapelmann discussing how the disciplines of Quality and Reliability differ.
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Reliability Building Credibility by Helping in Urgent Situations

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Adam and Chris Stapelmann discussing how reliability engineers can build credibility within the larger product development team.
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