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Is There a Better Way than RPN? Abstract Carl and Fred take on the subject of Risk Priority Number, also called RPN, when used in FMEA. Is RPN a good way to prioritize risk in an FMEA, or is there a better way? Key Points Join Carl and Fred as they discuss different ways to […]

What Reliability is Good Enough Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing the expectations of reliability of their own vehicles  and some of the wear out mechanisms we expect. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss the expectations of reliability in new products. Topics include: How reliable does a product have to be? Li-ion Battery […]

What is the Failure Mechanism? Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing a very important question in all of unreliability. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss the counting of failures and rate of failures to determine reliability assessments without looking closely at the failure mechanisms. Topics include: Fatigue life in membrane touch switches is […]

What is 'risk?' If you think there is some enshrined definition of 'risk' ... think again. Some 'experts' think 'risk' is simply about uncertainty. Others think that 'risk' is all about the likelihood of bad things occurring. And standards aren't much help either. So what can you do? Listen to this podcast first ...

Hospital Power Supply Modeling Abstract Chris and Fred discuss a real-world problem … how do we use reliability engineering tools to work out how select a hospital power supply system. Key Points Join Chris and Fred as they discuss how we can use reliability engineering to do ‘non-traditional’ things like select a backup power supply […]

Podcasting and Reliability Abstract James and Fred discussing how to know when you’re successful with a podcast. Key Points Join James and Fred as they discuss the importance of engagement when running a niche podcast. Topics include: People are listening and saying thanks Downloads is not enough – it’s the engagement, comments, questions. There are […]

Time to Market and Reliability Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing companies making reliability a priority early in the product development as opposed to waiting to after market release to see if it’s reliability. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss new product reliability development early and late. Topics include: Introducing new technology that […]

Purpose of Accendo Reliability Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing the many years of discussions  on Speaking of Reliability since Fred and Kirk recorded Episode 1 in 2015, six years ago. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss the purpose of Accendo Reliability and our podcasting about reliability topics. Topics include: Our love of […]

The Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) is not reliability - but is often treated as if it is. So sometimes we are handed lots of MTBF values for different components of our system, and are told to somehow create a reliability estiamte. So what do you do?

How do you know what you need to know? Sometimes we refer to what the reliability industry refers to as a 'Body of Knowledge.' What is a Body of Knowledge? What makes a good one?