Working with Suppliers Offering New Technologies

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Andre and Fred discussing the challenges and some ideas on solutions when sourcing new technology from a vendor.
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Dealing with the Reliability of New Technology

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Andre and Fred discussing what you need to think about and do differently to understand and minimize new technology related reliability risks.
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Reliability-Safety-Risk Relationships

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Andre and Fred discussing the overlapping engineering fields of safety, risk, dependability, performability, reliability, quality.
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Getting the Most of Attending Conference

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Andre and Fred discussing a few hints and tips to get the most out of conference attendance.
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Setting Up a Corporate Reliability Training Program

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Andre and Fred discussing a common role for reliability engineers: training.

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Risks in Accelerated Life Test Results

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Andre and Fred discussing some of the ways an ALT can lead you astray, quickly.
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 Weibull Analysis and Physics Trumps Mathematics

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Andre and Fred discussing the need to understand failures mechanisms using a combination of analysis and physics.
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Reliability Prediction is Back Unfortunately

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Andre and Fred discussing the use of parts count prediction by safety standards.
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An Overview of Prognostic Health Management

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Andre and Fred discussing a basic overview and the benefits of PHM.
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A Bit of MTBF Confusion

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Andre and Fred discussing why we do not like using MTBF.
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Vibration and Reliability Testing

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Andre and Fred discussing the range of methods for vibration-based reliability testing.
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Use of Monte Carlo Simulation in Reliability

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Andre and Fred discussing the when and why you may want to use this powerful tool.
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Temperature Cycling Testing in Practice

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Andre and Fred discussing some best practice, failure mechanisms and problems when’d temperature cycling testing.
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Bayesian Statistics and Sample Sizes

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Andre and Fred discussing the benefits of using what you know as you approach setting sample sizes using Bayesian statistics.
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Durability What is in a Name Change

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Andre and Fred discussing durability. Is it the same, a subset, or superset of reliability?
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