Reliability Program vs Reality
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Kirk and Fred discussing failures in products after launch and the importance of and knowing how the customers use conditions.
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SOR 745 Reliability Program vs Reality
SOR 728 When a Proposal Fails
When a Proposal Fails
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Kirk and Fred discussing the challenge of getting a proposal for new testing (i.e HALT) accepted.
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SOR 727 When to Stop Troubleshooting
When to Stop Troubleshooting
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Kirk and Fred discussing the challenge of when to end efforts in troubleshooting a failure.
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SOR 722 Obsolescence and Reliability
Obsolescence and Reliability
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Kirk and Fred discussing the article Kirk wrote titled “Why the Drain in the Bathtub Curve Matters” (see link in notes) about how technological obsolescence, and not product failures are the cause that cause many products to be retired or replaced.
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SOR 721 Reliability and Testing
Reliability and Testing
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Kirk and Fred discussing how much of reliability engineering is devoted to testing and what other functions should a reliability engineer do.
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SOR 719 FMEAs and HALT
FMEAs and HALT
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Kirk and Fred discuss the relationship between FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis) and HALT (Highly Accelerated Limit Test)
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SOR 718 Dealing with HALT Fear
Dealing with HALT Fear
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Kirk and Fred discuss misunderstandings of the limit testing and believing it’s “just breaking it”
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SOR 710 HALT and Safety
HALT and Safety
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Kirk and Fred discussing the relationship between reliability, the fundamental limits of technology, and safety.
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SOR 709 A Great Customer Experience
A Great Customer Experience
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Kirk and Fred discussing Kirk’s experience with a new pinball machine’s component failures and the manufacturer.
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SOR 706 What Reliability is Good Enough
What Reliability is Good Enough
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Kirk and Fred discussing the expectations of reliability of their own vehicles and some of the wear out mechanisms we expect.
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SOR 705 What is the Failure Mechanism
What is the Failure Mechanism?
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Kirk and Fred discussing a very important question in all of unreliability.
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SOR 701 Time to Market and Reliability
Time to Market and Reliability
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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.
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SOR 700 Purpose of Accendo Reliability
Purpose of Accendo Reliability
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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.
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SOR 691 Design Failure Patterns
Design Failure Patterns
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Kirk and Fred discussing how new technology designs of buildings or electronics are usually over-designed in the first generation.
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SOR 690 Reliability and Simplicity
Reliability and Simplicity
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Kirk and Fred discussing marketing reliability, brand reputation for reliability along with tradeoffs between making equipment simple and reliable.
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