Speaking Of Reliability: Friends Discussing Reliability Engineering Topics | Warranty | Plant Maintenance

3D Printing Impact on Supply Chain and Reliability Abstract Tim and Fred discuss the emergence of 3D printing, and some of the implications to supply chains and product reliability testing. Key Points Join Tim and Fred as they discuss how 3D printing is changing product development processes, and how that affects the current role of [...]

Carl and Fred discuss what companies look for when considering hiring a new reliability engineer.

Carl and Fred discuss how individual reliability engineers can assess their skills to determine their personal level of competency and value to the company.

Reliability engineers have to sift through information overload to determine what information is relevant to understanding potential failure mechanisms and corresponding reliability. With inexpensive sensors, reliability engineers can guide product designs and testing to measure or test the right information to monitor and prevent failures.

What to Look For in Supplier Audits Abstract Tim and Fred discuss the importance of audits to assess the supplier capabilities, and determine whether a supplier can consistently meet your quality and reliability requirements. Key Points Join Tim and Fred as they discuss best practices in supplier audits, including the questions that should be asked, [...]

What Does a Procurement Engineer Really Do? Abstract Tim and Fred discuss the role of procurement engineers and the supply chain management team generally in helping to ensure a good match between what product designers need and what suppliers can provide. Key Points Join Tim and Fred as they discuss how procurement engineers can help [...]

what we can do during product development before shipping a product that will help reduce warranty returns that seem to have no identifiable failure mode.

Using environmental stress can help discover marginal operation failures and intermittent connections that are not detectable during bench testing and troubleshooting at ambient conditions.

Not Sure Why Your Customer Says it Failed Abstract Kirk and Fred discuss the problem of products being returned because the customer claims it failed and yet when tested to verify or identify the failure mode, it seems to be working as it should. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss Topics include: [...]

Define Availability Uptime and Reliability to Get Them Right Abstract Adam and Fred discuss how important getting the definitions right to support decision making. Key Points Join Adam and Fred as they discuss familiar terms which drive significant decisions. Topics include: How do you and those in your organization understand availability, uptime and reliability? How [...]