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What is Good Enough Reliability Abstract Adam and Fred discuss how to balance the goal of reliability with other program objectives: Key Points Join Adam and Fred as they discuss A program can have goals at the extremes if the company is confident that this is what the customer wants. There are successful example of [...]

Are Environmental Standards Useful? Abstract Kirk and Fred discuss the marginal value of environmental standards. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss Standards for testing for early life failures Where technical standards are critical Standards are much slower to change relative to technical advances Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you [...]

Are Environmental Standards Useful? Abstract Kirk and Fred discuss the marginal value of environmental standards. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss Standards for testing for early life failures Where technical standards are critical Standards are much slower to change relative to technical advances Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you [...]

Where Do Environmental Specifications Come From? Abstract Kirk and Fred discuss where environmental specifications should come from and why they don’t all too often. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss Thermal operational limits and manufacturers specifications Manufacturers specifications can be very conservative Customer expectations set the required use conditions Enjoy an episode [...]

Where Do Environmental Specifications Come From? Abstract Kirk and Fred discuss where environmental specifications should come from and why they don’t all too often. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss Thermal operational limits and manufacturers specifications Manufacturers specifications can be very conservative Customer expectations set the required use conditions Enjoy an episode [...]

Can We Reduce Early Life Failures? Abstract Kirk and Fred discuss a few ideas on minimizing early field failures with your product. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss The costs and prevention of early life failures Quality versus reliability engineering Reliability expectations are changing Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where [...]

Can We Reduce Early Life Failures? Abstract Kirk and Fred discuss a few ideas on minimizing early field failures with your product. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss The costs and prevention of early life failures Quality versus reliability engineering Reliability expectations are changing Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where [...]

Bonus: Discussion with Marcin Hinz Abstract Adam and Fred sit down at RAMS with Marcin to discuss his work and challenges as a reliability engineer. Join Adam and Fred in this bonus episode, recorded at the 2016 Reliability and Maintainability Symposium with a reliability professional. The idea for the Speaking of Reliability show started with [...]

How to Set Environmental Specifications for Testing Abstract Andre and Fred discuss setting meaningful specifications and requirements. Key Points Join Andre and Fred as they discuss going beyond operating specifications and industry standards to determine the appropriate testing conditions for your product’s environment. Start with the distribution of stresses – measure them Consider the distribution [...]

How to Set Environmental Specifications for Testing Abstract Andre and Fred discuss setting meaningful specifications and requirements. Key Points Join Andre and Fred as they discuss going beyond operating specifications and industry standards to determine the appropriate testing conditions for your product’s environment. Start with the distribution of stresses – measure them Consider the distribution [...]