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

Loss of Expertise Abstract Greg and Fred discuss what happens when a company doesn’t have the engineering knowledge, skills, and abilities to design things.  Why?  Companies don’t make commodity stuff any more.  They outsource these items.  The challenge of outsourcing often means outsourcing engineering expertise.  Big problem.  So what are the solutions? Key Points Join […]

Research Options Abstract Kirk and Fred discuss the new options for doing technical research, including Google Scholar and AI tools like ChatGPT Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss the validity and limitations of using the new tools for technical research. Topics include: ChatGPT sometimes creates fabricated information, but you can evaluate its […]

Vendors and Reliability Abstract Kirk and Fred discuss the value or risks of sending failed components to the vendor for failure analysis. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss the best way to get accurate failure analysis (FA) of a failed component. Topics include: Component suppliers for high volume devices are typically not […]

Mastering AI and Your Career Abstract Greg and Fred discuss how AI is changing work, careers, and jobs.  Last week, Fiverr CEO warned staff: ‘AI is coming for your jobs, including mine!’  So what  does this really mean for reliability and quality professionals?  And importantly, what can you do about it? Key Points Join Greg […]

How do you rank a reliability engineering book? Amazon and Goole can rank books based on algorithms, numbers, customer reviews and so on. But some books do a magnificent job of explaining the wrong concept. These books can have a great 'ranking' but be useless for you. So how do YOU rank YOUR reliability engineering books?

You can't talk about reliability engineering without talkiing about psychology. Why? Because reliability engineering decisions you make today have consequences, weeks, months, and years from now. So we can prioritize instant gratification (not doing reliability stuff) over future costs and consequences if we want. And that is where psychology comes into play.

Better Risk Management Abstract Greg and Fred discuss risk management tools specifically the advantages and disadvantages of using color -coded risk matrices. Key Points Join Greg and Fred as they discuss how risk matrices can be used effectively and graphically to communicate the likelihood and severity of risks.  Risk matrices are inherently not precise and […]

AI and Reliability Planning Abstract Carl and Fred discuss a few ways to use AI during the reliability planning process. Key Points Join Carl and Fred as they discuss when and why using AI may be helpful. Topics include: Why having AI great the reliability plan on it’s own is a bad idea. A few […]

System FMEA Abstract Carl and Fred discuss a question from a listener about the scope and procedure for a System FMEA, and what is different from other FMEA types. Key Points Join Carl and Fred talk about the essential elements of applying FMEA to larger systems. Topics include: How early should you do a System […]

Risk Planning Abstract Greg and Fred discuss risk planning and why folks don’t do it.  And, then they wonder what and why something happened. Key Points Join Greg and Fred as they discuss the fact we live in a world of uncertainty and risk.  Think fires.  Think tariffs.  Think AI.  What do you do about […]