Matching Supplier Capability to the Design

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Tim and Fred discuss the supplier’s role in achieving a reliable design and product.
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Evolution of Reliability Practices and HALT

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Kirk and Fred discuss the history and evolution of environmental stress testing practices leading to HALT.
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Approaching HALT on a Water Resistance Coating

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Kirk and Fred discuss how to approach developing a HALT for a discrete component that a vendor claims is more reliable.
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Should We Design for HALT?

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Kirk and Fred discuss the notion of designing for HALT and why that isn’t a good idea.
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Building Consistent Behavior Focused on Reliability

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Adam and Fred discuss steps you can take to create consistent behavior focused on reliability.
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Recognizing Inconsistent Reliability Priorities

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Adam and Fred discuss recognizing and dealing with inconsistent behaviors concerning reliability performance.
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Where is the Break in Reliability Ownership?

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Adam and Fred discuss the various priorities and break down of reliability focus across an organization.
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How to Get Started as a new Reliability Engineer

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Companies have high expectations for safety and reliability.

New reliability engineers face significant challenges when trying to meet these challenges. It is important to be guided by the right philosophy and approach and to ask the right questions.

Fred and Carl discuss these topics in this podcast episode.
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Importance of Reliability Goal and Vision Discussions

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Setting reliability targets requires much more than assigning a reliability number.

Reliability targets need to include the intended function of the system or component, the probability of achieving the intended function, the operating conditions and environment, and the time over which reliability needs to be achieved.

Management must be directly involved in developing and communicating the reliability vision and ensuring the necessary steps to achieving reliability are in place.

Fred and Carl discuss these topics in this podcast episode. 

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High-Level Steps to Create Your Reliability Program

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Every company desires to be a leader in achieving high reliability for its products and processes throughout the service life.

This objective can be difficult, given cost and timing pressures experienced by companies around the world today. In order to achieve the highest possible reliability, it is often necessary to develop and implement a reliability plan.

This naturally brings certain topics and questions into view: What is a reliability plan and how should it be developed? Which reliability tools should be included in a reliability plan and how are these tools selected?

Fred and Carl discuss these topics in this podcast episode.

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What is HALT?

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Kirk and Fred discuss what is meant by HALT or highly accelerated life testing.
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