Accendo Reliability Webinar Series

And the answer is not the letter C.' A FMEA is a group activity that follows a logical (and time-proven) structure to effectively brainstorm' what are called corrective actions' for existing or likely problems in design and manufacture of products. Production teams that comprise designers, engineers, technicians and manufacturers typically have a wealth of existing knowledge and understanding of the product being developed. But some people will tell you that an FMECA is not an FMEA. And many government agencies, in particular, demand FMECAs over FMEAs. Interested to understand the difference (if any) between FMEAs and FMECAs? and How can you make an FMECA work for you? Join us at this webinar!

This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 24 September 2024.

To view the recorded video/audio and PDF workbook of the event, visit the webinar page.

FMEA and HAZOP episode

Just the fundamentals of FMEA in this fast paced event. FMEA has value, the 10 steps, and a few examples of how it can go all wrong.

Exploring ten reasons to do FMEAs, yet actually, reasons to do amazing FMEAs that provide value in a range of ways.

What is supportability?' Easy! It's the ability of your product, system or service to be supported. But how do we get this so wrong so often?

Get an overview of which FMEAs do what and when you would use one instead of the other? Including Design, Process, and others.

This is where taking a breath and understanding our product before we build the wrong thing fast can really helpful.

Understand the difference (if any) between FMEAs and FMECAs? and How can you make an FMECA work for you?

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Goals, objectives, milestones, targets, whatever you call them, just have a clear one. Setting a reliability goal is easy. Get a few people together for a short discussion and in less then 10 minutes you can craft a meaningful reliability goal.

Let's explore the elements that make up a reliability goal. Plus, the range of inputs you can use to define each element. Plus, some best practices when establishing goals.

Finally, simply setting a goal adds value to your organization – if it is a complete and practical goal. Estimating or measuring that value can be tricky, so let's discuss a few ways you may quantify the value of a goal.

This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 10 September 2024.

To view the recorded video, visit the webinar page.

Reliability Goals and Requirements episode

Consider both your customer and business expectations to create meaningful goals to guide your team's reliability decisions.

An introduction to setting up and using reliability performance monitoring. Be sure to connect the metric to the decision you need to make.

A basic discussion about the importance of environmental and use conditions for every reliability related decision

Let's explore the elements that make up a reliability goal. Plus, the range of inputs you can use to define each element.

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What is a root cause' of failure? It is something that you did (or didn't) do that ultimately resulted in failure. It's not corrosion (that's a physical process that follows the laws of nature that you can't change). It's not a porous seal that allows moisture to enter your product to cause corrosion (that's a defect or fault that you or your team made happen). Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is the process where we systematically work out what things we did or didn't do that allowed failure to occur, and Fault Trees are often very helpful in finding this root causes. If you want to learn more about RCA or how fault trees can help RCA, join us for this webinar.

This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 27 August 2024.

To view the recorded video/audio and PDF workbook of the event, visit the webinar page.

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) course

This webinar introduces you to the basic elements of FRACAS. Plus, we examine a few failed programs so that you can avoid problems.

Let's discuss when you have sufficient understanding of a failure mechanism to implement a solution and a few common obstacles to avoid.

Let's discuss the concept of failures along with a few other concepts universal to reliability engineering.

The goal is to educate the audience on options to prevent electronic equipment failure used in enclosed spaces from corrosion.

Fatigue is interesting in that it allows something to fail without it ever being exposed to stresses that are beyond its strength.

This webinar takes you through a framework to explore the understand the root cause of a failure, something we can do something about.

Let's explore the many ways something can fail and how understanding failure mechanisms makes a difference.

Discover the power of root cause analysis with fault trees. Uncover the hidden causes of failure and improve your reliability process.

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Professional development is not about pursuing a degree or title. It's about what you can do with your knowledge. Of course, that is my opinion. Some seek credentials that may lead to a new position or opportunities. Some seek knowledge without intending to use it – education for education's sake.

Whatever the motivation, we should approach learning meaningfully. Set objectives, do the homework, get feedback or coaching, and establish a routine to continue to hone your knowledge. Whether you want to learn something out of curiosity or master a topic to accomplish a task, you can plan to use your time efficiently.

Let's explore how to improve your ability to learn and continue to learn throughout your career. As reliability engineers, there seems to be a never-ending list of concepts, failure mechanisms, novel materials, etc., that we can and should know about. With so many options for professional development, let's examine a few principles and tips so you can learn and master what you desire to learn and master.

This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 13 August 2024.

To view the recorded video, visit the webinar page.

Learning and Professional Development episode

This discussion explores the seven key traits talented, professional, networked, positive, valuable, studiousness, and mentoring ability.

Reliability Engineering is a daunting field. The technical breadth of skills spans material science to statistics.

Let's discuss the exam and certification in general, then how to prepare for the exam and exam day strategy for this timed test.

Certifications based on your reliability engineering knowledge does not make you a professional. It is the applies knowledge that does.

Build your influence: This webinar explores how we, as reliability professionals, can improve our ability to influence.

With the changes to topics, it attempts to reflect what reliability engineers do daily. Let's take a close look and discuss what it means.

As a reliability professional you will be asked to teach. Let's explore becoming an amazing teacher and improve your effectiveness.

What's coming to reliability engineering in 2020 and beyond? Let's explore a few trends and their implications.

When you examine what we do, it is important to our fellow engineers, our organization, our customers, and society.

Let's take a look at a few ways to really learn what you need to know along your journey to become a reliability engineer.

Let's explore similarities and differences along with how to best work together to achieve results and areas of overlap and confrontation.

Looking Forward with Reliability Engineering is about understanding the decisions that the information we should create will inform.

Let's explore the various stages of a career in reliability engineering, from getting started, to being competent, to becoming great.

Let's explore the range of options available, pros and cons, and a simple strategy to make professional development routine.

In this presentation, Greg Hutchins will explain how to Get Unstuck: Do Good. Be Happy based on the Working It book.

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Some of you might have heard of the Weibull distribution. It is an uncannily accurate way of describing many of the ways components fail. It can model things that wear-in where failure is caused by pre-existing damage and defects in a fraction of products. The Weibull distribution can also model things that wear-out we failure is caused once enough damage has accumulated. And some of you might have heard of the 3 Parameter Weibull distribution.' But what makes this different and (sometimes) helpful? We are always wanting to improve the way we model things, including failure processes. So, to see if the 3 Parameter Weibull Distribution' can help you join this webinar!

This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 23 July 2024.

To view the recorded video/audio and PDF workbook of the event, visit the webinar page.

Weibull Distribution Part-1 video

Let's find the motivation to use reliability statistics and find the resources to learn the statistical tools necessary to succeed.

Let's explore R software's many capabilities concerning reliability statistics from field data analysis, to statistical process control.

Let's explore an array of distributions and the problems they can help solve in our day-to-day relaibility engineering work.

Perry discusses the basics of DOE (design of experiments) and fundamentals so you can get started with they useful product development tool.

Let's discuss the 6 basic considerations to estimate the necessary sample size to support decision making.

When we make a measurement, we inform a decision. It's important to have data that is true to the actual value.

One of the first things I learned about data analysis was to create a plot, another, and another. Let the data show you what needs attention.

If you want a really easy introduction or review of these functions that help inform a decision then check out this webinar.

Sometimes we have to work out how many of them we need (if they make up a fleet) or how many spare parts we need to keep them running.

Let's explore the ways we use, or should use, statistics as engineers. From gathering data to presenting, from analyzing to comparing.

Let's explore what residuals are, where they come from, and how to evaluate them to detect if the fitted line (model) is adequate or not.

This webinar is a light (re)introduction into common mathematical symbols used in many engineering scenarios including reliability.

Reliability is a measure of your product or system. Confidence is a measure of you. But we often forget this.

How to calculate Gage discrimination - the more useful result for a design situation, and even how to use it for destructive tests.

For those who conduct reliability data analysis or turning a jumble of dots (data points) into meaningful information

It is not just a pretty shape' that seems to work, It comes from a really cool physical phenomena that we find everywhere.

Let's examine a handful of parametric and non-parametric comparison tools, including various hypothesis tests.

You need to have a good idea of the probability distribution of the TTF of your product when it comes to reliability engineering.

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Pareto Analysis is a simple yet powerful tool that provides a visual way to help focus on the most critical tasks. The idea that 80% of your field failures come from 20% of the failure mechanisms is one way we can focus on the vital few instead of the insignificant many.

Let's explore the basics of conducting Pareto Analysis, plus a few different ways to create and modify the plots. Of course, we'll talk about some potential problems and pitfalls to avoid.

Bring your questions and success/failure stories using this tool. There should be plenty of time for a discussion.

This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 9 July 2024.

To view the recorded video, visit the webinar page.

QDD 095 After the Storm: Pareto Voting and Screening Methods episode

Having both awareness and mastery of these tools will enable you to quickly use basic tools to get a handle on the situation.

Let's talk about how quality and reliability overlap and rely on each other's set of capabilities, plus where we differ.

Let's explore the basics of conducting Pareto Analysis, plus a few different ways to create and modify the plots.

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We often use probability distributions to help us characterize the likely values a random variable will have. This includes the random variable we call time to failure' or TTF, which is how long something works before it fails. Failure is a random process, but just because it is random, doesn't mean it's unpredictable. Products that wear-in will have vastly different probability distributions for TTF when compare do products that wear-out. So you need to have a good idea of the probability distribution of the TTF of your product when it comes to reliability engineering. But we often see in textbooks and standards the exponential distribution' simply being assumed as a good' TTF probability distribution. But is it? And what happens when it isn't but you use it anyway? Join this webinar to find out!

This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 25 June 2024.

To view the recorded video/audio and PDF workbook of the event, visit the webinar page.

The 1 Parameter Exponential Distribution 7 Formulas article

Let's find the motivation to use reliability statistics and find the resources to learn the statistical tools necessary to succeed.

Let's explore R software's many capabilities concerning reliability statistics from field data analysis, to statistical process control.

Let's explore an array of distributions and the problems they can help solve in our day-to-day relaibility engineering work.

Perry discusses the basics of DOE (design of experiments) and fundamentals so you can get started with they useful product development tool.

Let's discuss the 6 basic considerations to estimate the necessary sample size to support decision making.

When we make a measurement, we inform a decision. It's important to have data that is true to the actual value.

One of the first things I learned about data analysis was to create a plot, another, and another. Let the data show you what needs attention.

If you want a really easy introduction or review of these functions that help inform a decision then check out this webinar.

Sometimes we have to work out how many of them we need (if they make up a fleet) or how many spare parts we need to keep them running.

Let's explore the ways we use, or should use, statistics as engineers. From gathering data to presenting, from analyzing to comparing.

Let's explore what residuals are, where they come from, and how to evaluate them to detect if the fitted line (model) is adequate or not.

This webinar is a light (re)introduction into common mathematical symbols used in many engineering scenarios including reliability.

Reliability is a measure of your product or system. Confidence is a measure of you. But we often forget this.

How to calculate Gage discrimination - the more useful result for a design situation, and even how to use it for destructive tests.

For those who conduct reliability data analysis or turning a jumble of dots (data points) into meaningful information

It is not just a pretty shape' that seems to work, It comes from a really cool physical phenomena that we find everywhere.

Let's examine a handful of parametric and non-parametric comparison tools, including various hypothesis tests.

You need to have a good idea of the probability distribution of the TTF of your product when it comes to reliability engineering.

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Let's make a comparison. Let's check our product's key characteristics against specifications, compare vendor life data, or compare the newest design changes to prior performance. We can and should do comparisons well using the appropriate statistical approach.

Let's examine a handful of parametric and non-parametric comparison tools, including various hypothesis tests. Plus how to best use these tools and when to set them aside and explore another approach.

Statistics is a part of what a reliability professional does; thus, we all should know the range, power, and applicability of the methods available. Let's explore how to make comparisons well.

This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 11 June 2024.

To view the recorded video, visit the webinar page.

Sample Size for Hypothesis Testing of μ article

In this webinar, we explore the impact that chart selection and sample size have on chart sensitivity (the ability to detect changes).

Let's explore some cases where effectively using statistical process control will enhance your product's reliability performance.

Let's discuss process variation and how to measure, monitor, and control processes to minimize the differences from one part to the next.

Progressive manufacturers use control charts to listen to their processes to detect and rectify potentially harmful changes.

if you need to learn a bit more about manufacturing and how we measure quality in general? Join us for this webinar.

You may have heard of Statistical Process Control, 6-sigma, Shewhart, the Japanese Economic Miracle, X̅ R Charts or perhaps none of them.

A process is considered capable' if it creates products that, with production natural variation, are still within what good' looks like.

Statistical control charting (SPC) is a method for monitoring and determining whether a process is in control or stable.

Let's explore the steps necessary to obtain valid and valuable process capability ratios. Then, let's examine how to use this information.

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Many engineers rush to design or build something that we think is awesome' or at least proves a concept.' But this often means we build something that we like (not necessarily what our users like) or doesn't work (because we didn't realize that have sensitive electronic components near hot exhaust manifolds would be a problem). This is where taking a breath and understanding our product before we build the wrong thing fast can really helpful. A FMEA or functional block diagram can really help us visualize what different parts of our system do, and how they interact. They also help us identify the basic, interface and additional functions that separate an average' product from an industry leading' product. If this is something you think you or your team can benefit from, join us for this webinar.

This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 28 May 2024.

To view the recorded video/audio and PDF workbook of the event, visit the webinar page.

SOR 960 Differing FMEA Approaches episode

Just the fundamentals of FMEA in this fast paced event. FMEA has value, the 10 steps, and a few examples of how it can go all wrong.

Exploring ten reasons to do FMEAs, yet actually, reasons to do amazing FMEAs that provide value in a range of ways.

What is supportability?' Easy! It's the ability of your product, system or service to be supported. But how do we get this so wrong so often?

Get an overview of which FMEAs do what and when you would use one instead of the other? Including Design, Process, and others.

This is where taking a breath and understanding our product before we build the wrong thing fast can really helpful.

Understand the difference (if any) between FMEAs and FMECAs? and How can you make an FMECA work for you?

The post Using FMEA (or Functional) Block Diagrams to Understand Your Item appeared first on Accendo Reliability.

Calculating and interpreting the process capability ratios is the easy part. Getting valid results takes more work and thinking. Knowing that the process is capable is only one use of this information. We should also use the information contained in these ratios to inform product design tolerance.

Let's explore the steps necessary to obtain valid and valuable process capability ratios. Then, let's examine a few ways to use this information to effectively improve our processes and designs.

This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 14 May 2024.

To view the recorded video, visit the webinar page.

Design Specs vs. Process Control, Capability, and SPC episode

In this webinar, we explore the impact that chart selection and sample size have on chart sensitivity (the ability to detect changes).

Let's explore some cases where effectively using statistical process control will enhance your product's reliability performance.

Let's discuss process variation and how to measure, monitor, and control processes to minimize the differences from one part to the next.

Progressive manufacturers use control charts to listen to their processes to detect and rectify potentially harmful changes.

if you need to learn a bit more about manufacturing and how we measure quality in general? Join us for this webinar.

You may have heard of Statistical Process Control, 6-sigma, Shewhart, the Japanese Economic Miracle, X̅ R Charts or perhaps none of them.

A process is considered capable' if it creates products that, with production natural variation, are still within what good' looks like.

Statistical control charting (SPC) is a method for monitoring and determining whether a process is in control or stable.

Let's explore the steps necessary to obtain valid and valuable process capability ratios. Then, let's examine how to use this information.

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