Aaron Spearin, Podcaster
Tim Rodgers interviews Aaron concerning his podcast, E6S Methods Podcast concerning the application of lean and six sigma methods and the real-life challenges faced by quality professionals.
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SOR 113 How to Specify Reliability to a Supplier
How to Specify Reliability to a Supplier
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Kirk and Fred discuss working with suppliers to obtain the desired reliability performance. It starts with how you specify reliability. It must include sufficient detail so your supplier understands your request.
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Predicting the Value of a Reliability Goal in Your Organization
Predicting the Value of a Reliability Goal in Your Organization
Establishing a reliability goal for a project is often done early.
You may already know the reliability goal guides the entire development and supply chain team.
Yet, what is the actual value of setting a reliability goal?
09 – The 4 Pitfalls of OEM Recommendations
The 4 Pitfalls of OEM Recommendations
This episode of the weekly podcast covers the 4 Pitfalls of OEM Recommendations.
The original equipment manufacturers provide a manual in which all the general instructions are provided in the form of an operating manual.
These can be helpful when someone is using the equipment for the first time but when the same apparatus has to be used in reputed organizations with a set-up of their own, this manual is not enough.
It is developed keeping in mind the general behavior of instruments and common environmental condition of workshops and laboratories.
Most of the times, manufacturers put together these recommendations considering the worst that can go wrong to cover their warranty policies.
That is why the organizations cannot rely only on this operating manual.
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SOR 112 Organization Culture May Create Barriers to Reliability Improvement
Organization Culture May Create Barriers to Reliability Improvement
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Kirk and Fred discuss how competing business priorities create obstacles to achieving desired reliability objectives. The culture of your organization may limit your ability as a reliability professional to do your job effectively.
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SOR 111 Understanding the Setting of Expectations
SOR 110 The Make Versus Buy Decision
08 – Using Review RCM to Improve Plant Performance
Using Review RCM to Improve Plant Performance
Review RCM is a streamlined approach to improving plant performance.
It allows organizations to quickly address ineffective PM programs. How does it achieve this?
By using the operating environment, failure patterns, and P-F interval, we can answer three basic questions:
- Will replacement of part on a known interval or usage reduce the probability of failure?
- Can we see it in the process of failure with sufficient time to respond?
- Is the impact of the failure high enough to warrant the cost of a PM strategy?
These three elements will help us to determine the type of PM strategy that is value-added.
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SOR 109 What About Warranty Charge Backs
What About Warranty Charge Backs
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Tim and Fred discussing warranty charge backs.
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SOR 108 When to Seek Guidance from Management
When to Seek Guidance from Management
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Carl and Fred discussing the nuances of communicating with management.
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SOR 107 Selecting Tools for a Given Challenge
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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07 – FMEAs from an Expert’s Point of View with Fred Schenkelberg
FMEAs from an Expert’s Point of View with Fred Schenkelberg
You arrive in the office early Monday morning, and you receive an email from your boss. It is one that you have been dreaded for days.
You have been told that you are participating in a Failure Mode Effect Analysis for the next week.
Failure Mode Effect Analysis is often feared and avoided by many. Mainly because they are not well understood or people have been forced to sit through FMEAs that were not facilitated properly.
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SOR 106 Questions to Ask During an Assessment
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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SOR 105 Is Incoming Inspection a Necessary Evil?
Is Incoming Inspection a Necessary Evil?
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Tim and Fred discussing the issues involved with incoming inspection.
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SOR 104 What Happens When You Receive Defective Parts?
What Happens When You Receive Defective Parts?
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Tim and Fred discussing receiving defective parts and the reliance on suppliers for quality.
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