Does a CMMS Lead to a Process?

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James and Fred discussing adopting and using a CMMS system.

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Join James and Fred as they discuss a few key points to consider when installing or cha…

Considering Vibration Sensors

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James and Fred discussing a few best practices when considering installing vibration sensors.

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Join James and Fred as they discuss sensors and when a…

Rational Assumptions

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Chris and Fred discuss the roles assumption play in reliability. Assumptions can be very useful … or very dangerous. Why? Because assumptions are information. If they ar…

Is Testing The Only Way to Confirm Reliability

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Chris and Fred discuss how we confirm the reliability of something we are making. Or maintaining. Or managing. This is in response to someone r…

Is There a Standard for HALT?

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Kirk and Fred discussing the use of HALT and whether there is a standard that is used for HALT and the use of test standards in general.

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Join Kirk a…

Engineering Judgement

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Kirk and Fred discussing the use of “engineering judgement” in analysis of reliability testing and the results.

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Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss the many …

Teaching Reliability Part 2

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Carl and Fred continuing to discuss how to teach reliability. This is part 2 of the podcast series “Teaching Reliability.”

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Teaching Reliability

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Carl and Fred discussing the principles of teaching reliability, whether it is sharing knowledge to a small number of people or formally instructing a larger group of en…

‘Why’ Leadership

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Chris and Fred discuss ‘why’ leadership. Not why leadership is important (we know it is). But the sort of leadership that focuses on the ‘why’ of an organization or group of…

Focus on Problem Number 5

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Chris and Fred discuss ‘Problem #5.’ What is problem #5? Well … technically it isn’t a problem at all. Which is what we want to be doing as reliability engineers. P…

Balancing Reliability Into Your Organization

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Philip and Fred discussing the difference between doing tasks and using the results to make decisions.

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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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Topics include:

• Assump…

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 o…

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 …

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 proc…

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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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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Join James and Fred as they discuss selecting the right …

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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Join James and Fred as they discuss two types of planning for next y…

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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Join Philip and Fred as they discuss mentoring across…

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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