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

A Hard Drive Issue Ate My Homework Abstract Adam and Fred discussing how to pursue reliability in home/office computing. Key Points Join Adam and Fred as they discuss different strategies for ensuring reliability with home/business computing. Fred recently had a hard drive issue and was ultimately able to recover. He uses multiple backups and cloud [...]

Splitting a Product for HALT Focus Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing underwater drones and how we divide up a product to most efficiently apply HALT to subsystems before applying stress to the whole product Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss ways that they have split up a product for HALT when there [...]

Water Resistant Smartphone Article Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing discussing the recent article that Kirk posted on LinkedIn about smartphone s water resistance Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss smartphone water exposure issues and personal experiences with the phones damaged by water splashed on it. Topics include: Although Smartphone suppliers advertise their new [...]

What happens if the leaders of your organization don't understand the product or service you are selling? This can be OK sometimes - if these leaders know they need to learn from those around them to make correct, timely decisions. But what if those leaders aren't interested in personally understanding anything about your product or service? This can often result in a toxic organization. If you want to learn more, listen to this!

Motors That Almost Last Forever Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing old gasoline motors used in lawn equipment and how they can last what seems forever. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss common failures on a small rototiller Fred was working with. Topics include: Briggs and Stratton small gasoline motors have been reliabile [...]

Thoughts on Galaxy Fold Reliability Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing the recent failures of the new folding Samsung Galaxy phone and what might have been missed in their testing video. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss the newly introduced folding smartphone screen and it’s testing that did not reveal the failures that [...]

The MTBF is perhaps the most quoted reliability performance metric. It is also one of the worst. It often doesn't practically relate to what the customer wants. Anywhere between 50 and 100 per cent of your systems have failed by the MTBF. And it is difficult to design 'towards.' So what do you do if it is imposed upon you? There are things you can do - listen to this podcast to learn more!

Some organizations believe that if you can't test for something, then it can't be in the product's specification. Really? Specifications reflect what the customer wants ... not what the Quality Assurance (QA) team are comfortable with. System reliability should be constantly analyzed during design. And analysis is not necessarily verification. This podcast talks you through some of the challenges you will face when you can't verify reliability through testing. It is not as bad as it may seem (regardless of what the QA team thinks).

Reliability in a Fast Environment Part 2 Abstract Carl and Fred continuing to discuss the subject of integrating reliability within a very fast product development timeline. Key Points Join Carl and Fred as they continue to discuss how to make reliability work well in a fast environment. Topics include: What is too fast? Reliability principles Core [...]

Reliability in a Fast Environment Part 1 Abstract Carl and Fred discussing how the approach to achieving high reliability needs to change when operating in a fast-to-market product development process. Key Points Join Carl and Fred as they discuss the broad subject of identifying and implementing reliability methods in a fast environment. Topics include: Which [...]