RM 110: A Wrap-Up of the Reliability Matters 2022 Season

A Wrap-Up of the Reliability Matters 2022 Season

On this episode, there are no guests, and no specific topics. I would like to use this opportunity to thank my guests, our syndication partners, and, of course, my audience we’re making this podcast so successful. We have a full season ahead in 2023 and I’m excited to share those episodes with you. Please keep your questions and topics suggestions coming. Send them to. mike@mikekonrad.com.

A huge shout-out to my 2022 guests:
Joel Scutchfield
Brian O’Leary
Tony Lentz
Mike Adamson
Greg Papandrew
Kevin Huo
Michelle Ogihara
Marco Sanchez
Colin Harper
Dr. Kunal Shah
Dr. Ron Laskey
Jim Hall
Claire Hotvedt
Tom Watson
Phil Zarrow
Keith Bryant
Dr. David Bernard
David Kruidhof
Robert Boguski
Jen Fijalkowski
Graham Naisbitt
Matt Kelly
David Raby
Ed Stone
Thomas Ricciardelli
Dr. Martin Anselm
Julie Silk
Raiyo Aspandiar.
David Greenman
Michael Mchale
Randy Cherry
Dr. Chuck Bauer
David Graham

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SOR 819 Supply Chain Tradeoffs

Supply Chain Tradeoffs

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Greg and Fred discussing the tradeoffs in reshoring. Many companies are considering bringing design and manufacturing back to the US or host country.
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SOR 818 Improving or Suing

Improving or Suing

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Chris and Fred discuss whether you want to lay blame (i.e. sue) or improve reliability? Don’t be confused … accountability is important. But that doesn’t replace everyone ‘owning’ the end result.
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QDD 087 Start a System Architecture Diagram Early

Start a System Architecture Diagram Early

New product development projects are really exciting at the start.

Even though we know very little about what the final product is going to look like, we can still use a quick graphical tool to help us direct our engineering attention.

We talk about ways to use a very simple System Architecture Diagram to help us get started and ways we can continue to iterate on it throughout development to help us communicate and make decisions.

Design for Reliability – Stressors

podcast episode with speaker Michael Pfeifer

Any product is a collection of materials that have been engineered, shaped, and modified to become components and joints (e.g., weld and braze joints). The materials can degrade due to exposure to use conditions – steel screws corrode when exposed to water, some plastics become brittle when exposed to sunlight, and coatings on surfaces can wear away.

Components and joints will stop functioning as required if their materials degrade too much. This is a problem if it reduces or loses product performance before the end of a product’s expected life.

Identifying the conditions to which materials are exposed and selecting materials that can withstand the exposure are critical parts of designing products that have good reliability.

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RM 109: A Decade of Industry 4.0 – What it Was – What it Wasn’t

A Decade of Industry 4.0 – What it Was – What it Wasn’t

Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution. Beyond the buzzwords, what does this mean? My guest today is David Graham, Chief Technology Officer of 4IR.UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Internet of Things focused, British Systems.

4IR.UK specializes in creating Monitoring, Control and Automation solutions, often based on the MultiPlug Edge Computing Platform, for manufacturing environments. They also provide consultancy and development for other Industry 4.0 platforms.

I was intrigued by a webinar presented by David entitled “A Decade of Industry 4.0 – What it wasn’t, what it was, and today, I’ll speak with David about his thoughts, experiences, and opinions of Industry 4.0.

David’s Contact Info:
David Graham
david.graham@4ir.uk
www.4ir.uk

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SOR 817 Warranty to Failure Rate

Warranty to Failure Rate

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Chris and Fred discuss what (if anything) we can learn from advertised warranty or reliability specifications from vendors.
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SOR 816 Uniqueness of Reliability Engineers

Uniqueness of Reliability Engineers

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Philip and Fred discussing a handful of traits that may be unique to reliability engineers.
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MM S5:E07 Joey Cantrell

Joey Cantrell

Over the past couple of years, COVID has been a big catalyst for supply chain issues—product shortages, working remotely, all the COVID shutdowns. How has the shop floor changed over the last three years amidst all of this unprecedented change? In this week’s episode, we have Joey Cantrell, General Manager of Operations at Constellium, on the show to share his insights on this topic. Listen now!

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QDD 086 Why Yield Quality in the Front-End of Product Development

Why Yield Quality in the Front-End of Product Development

During the product development process, are there so many design prototypes but the team’s still not getting buy-in?

Are design concepts changing mid-development after it’s “too late” to change the design?

Are designs picked-apart only after they’re nearly done?

Late in development, are there many fires to fight with too many surprises at test?

Quality during Design is not about compliance activities. It’s about being proactive with our team in early development. And knowing how to have conversations that gets us what we need so we can engineer designs.

We explore why Quality can help us PRUNE the development process just by the nature of how it’s used.
And we highlight the 3 areas that we focus on in Quality during Design: risk-based decisions, quality and reliability engineering partnership, and the user’s process.

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SOR 815 Listing of Failure Mechanisms

Listing of Failure Mechanisms

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Philip and Fred discussing a question about locating a listing of failure mechanisms.
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SOR 814 Professional Societies: The Rules Have Changed

Professional Societies: The Rules Have Changed

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Greg and Fred discussing how The Rules Have Changed for Professional Societies as well as for most of us.
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MM S5:E06 Luke Clark

Luke Clark

The nature of work has changed drastically over the last three years, but how are those changes materializing in asset-intensive industries? The next generation of workers will be instrumental in shaping the future of work in maintenance, reliability, and operations as they embark on their careers, but what exactly will that look like? In this week’s episode, we have Luke Clark, Reliability Consultant at Allied Reliability, on the show to share his insights on this topic. Listen now!

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