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Chris and Fred discuss GM’s recent announcement that they were going to start mass producing ‘truly’ autonomous vehicles (AVs) for use by 2019 and how this signals industry’s (not academia’s) intent to ‘make this happen.’
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If there are a couple of things that pops to mind when talking about leadership is that leaders are made not born and that all leaders shared the same set of qualities that make them as such (think about John C. Maxwell’s book “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader”). These two statements seem to complement each other and reflect the general tone of today’s podcast episode.
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Adam and Chris Stapelmann discussing the difference between having created a reliable design and knowing why the design you created is reliable.
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Adam and Chris Stapelmann discussing how to collect field data that can be trusted for product performance analysis and prediction.
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Striving to be best in class is perhaps the ultimate goal of every organization. But what exactly does it take to get there? In the first part of this podcast, we talked about the changes seen in maintenance, reliability, and failure analysis over the years and what makes these practices successful in best in class organizations.
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Katie and Fred discussing getting started in reliability engineering along with the importance of the soft skills in the engineering workplace.
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Katie and Fred discussing the gig economy and the expectation of careers over a lifetime.
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The leap towards becoming a best-in-class company is challenging. If you’re like most people, you might have wondered the difference between best in class companies and typical companies as far as reliability practices are concerned. While it’s true that there are other elements that are at play that make for a best-in-class company, one can’t deny that maintenance and reliability is one differentiating factor and a critical element at that.
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Rob and Fred discussing some of the consequences of not planning for reliability.
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James and Fred discussing good ways to use the cost of downtime to motivate improving reliability.
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The Weibull distribution is a versatile tool to analyze time to failure data. Like any tool, it could be wielded well or not so well. In this short webinar let’s discuss when and why you would use Weibull analysis, the basic process, and limitations.
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In today’s labor market, recruiting and retaining skilled workers is still a challenge in the industrial sect. In the case of Scott MacKenzie who is the President of LEAF Services, a company that provides cost-effective industrial labor solutions, clients come to him to look for manpower who are safe, focused, and with industrial background. The problem? Clients’ demand for labor is urgent, and some may even request “I need people tomorrow”.
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James and Fred discussing resistance to change within an organization, sometimes based on poor assumptions and misunderstood theorems.
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Kirk and Fred discussing personal experiences in customer service and good and bad aspects of having an IPhone battery replaced.
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True enough, a reliable plant is a safe, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly plant. In compliance with safety laws and with workplace accidents becoming increasingly common, workplace safety is apparently one of the biggest challenge employers are facing today.
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