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

Customer Abuse versus Insight on Customer Expectations Abstract Adam and Fred discussing that fine line between a product’s expected use and abuse. Key Points Join Adam and Fred as they discuss how products are used by the customer vs how the development team specifies products usage. Topics include: Do companies take advantage of the gold mine of [...]

Mission Profile Fundamental Considerations Abstract Adam and Fred discussing the need to understand actual customer use, even before they start using the product. Key Points Join Adam and Fred as they discuss how use case profiles are defined and relate to actual customer use. Should a design team include the “end cases” of use and [...]

How Much is Reliability Dependent on the Design, the Manufacturing, and the Customer Use Conditions? Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing the many causes and contributors to products failing after purchase. How do we know which factors are the largest contributor to causing failures? Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss they question everyone [...]

Why do Reliability Engineers Still Use 217? Abstract Kirk and Fred discussing the continued use of Reliability prediction and the very outdated government reference document, MIL HDBK 217. Key Points Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss a old subject of the use of MIL 217, which is still referenced by many companies, and its [...]

How Important is Passion in Achieving Reliability? Abstract Carl and Fred discussing the role of passion in everything you do. Tapping into your personal passions when presenting or communicating connects with people and helps get your message across. Key Points Join Carl and Fred as they discuss the subject of passion, and how it can enhance your communication [...]

Unleashing Your Reliability Creativity Abstract Carl and Fred discuss the important subject of creativity, and how the creative process can energize reliablity improvments. Key Points Join Carl and Fred as they discuss the creative process. Unleashing creativity, along with reliablity engineering methods, can enhance results. Topics include: What is creativity? Convergent thinking Divergent thinking Can anyone [...]

The Evolution of Uptime Metrics Abstract James and Fred discussing the background and beginnings of today’s metrics. Key Points Join James and Fred as they discuss how we talked about durable and reliable products. Topics include: The connection between metrics and customer satisfaction Doing what is measured along with time-motion studies Gathering data and tracking [...]

How to Measure Uptime Properly Abstract James and Fred discussing the various ways to properly and improperly measure plant uptime. Key Points Join James and Fred as they discuss Topics include: MTBF is not a proper way to measure uptime Measure what is meaningful to your situation. Avoid leaving elements of the measure subjective Enjoy [...]

Use of Monte Carlo Simulation in Reliability Abstract Andre and Fred discussing the when and why you may want to use this powerful tool. Key Points Join Andre and Fred as they discuss the in’s and out’s of reliability analysis and modeling using monte carlo techniques. Topics include: So, what is Monte Carlo analysis A [...]

Temperature Cycling Testing in Practice Abstract Andre and Fred discussing some best practice, failure mechanisms and problems when’d temperature cycling testing. Key Points Join Andre and Fred as they discuss the in’s and out’s of temperature cycling testing. Topics include: Why and when to do thermal cycling Common failure mechanisms A few times it didn’t [...]