Selecting Tools for a Given Challenge

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Carl and Fred discussing the tool selection process for a given job.
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Questions to Ask During an Assessment

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Carl and Fred discussing the best ways to conduct an assessment.
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What do companies look for when hiring a reliability engineer?

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Carl and Fred discuss what companies look for when considering hiring a new reliability engineer.

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How can you know if you are a capable reliability engineer?

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Carl and Fred discuss how individual reliability engineers can assess their skills to determine their personal level of competency and value to the company.

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How does big data influence reliability engineering?

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Carl and Fred discuss the advent of big data, with huge amounts of easily available information covering temperatures, loads, and other customer usage parameters.

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The Early Design Process and Reliability

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Carl and Fred discuss the early design process and the reliability approach that can best integrate reliability objectives with the design team.
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The Most Common FMEA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them – Part II

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Carl and Fred discuss to discuss the most common mistakes made by FMEA practitioners and how they can be avoided.
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The Most Common FMEA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them – Part I

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Carl and Fred discuss some of the most common mistakes made by FMEA practitioners and how they can be avoided. In this episode, 4 of the most common mistakes are discussed.
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The Gap Assessment Process

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Carl and Fred discuss how to identify what to include in your reliability plans.
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The Scope of a Reliability Plan

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Carl and Fred discuss how to determine and agree on the overall scope of reliability plans, and why this is important.
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The Essence of Reliability Plans

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There are many important attributes to reliability plans.

In this episode, Carl and Fred discuss what is meant by reliability plan tasks and how to increase the effectiveness of reliability plans by writing well thought out task descriptions.
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Should reliability prediction be part of your reliability plan?

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Join Carl and Fred as they discuss the controversial subject of reliability prediction. The discussion centers around the value of reliability prediction and whether or not it should be part of a reliability plan.
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What definition of failure is used to measure Reliability?

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Join Carl and Fred as they discuss “what is a failure?” The discussion centers around the context of measuring reliability. Reliability experts do not always agree on the definition of “failure.”
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What important task is often left out of reliability plans?

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Carl and Fred discuss the importance of well-defined reliability requirements and how to characterize them in technical specifications and use them in testing.
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Can Reliability be Measured without Physical Testing?

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Fred and Carl discuss the use of analytical tools to assess and measure reliability.
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