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Carl and Fred discussing a listener question about the use of FMEA when ramping up equipment in a plant. In this case, the equipment had been sitting dormant for a number of years.
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The Leadership Connection Host, Doug Plucknette, interviews reliability leader Bob Latino in Episode 29 of this series.
Mr. Latino is an internationally recognized author, trainer, software developer, lecturer and practitioner of best practices in the field of Reliability Engineering and specifically in Root Cause Analysis & Investigation Management. When an expensive machine breaks down, most companies just fix it without understanding why it broke. Bob shows companies how to reveal Root Causes of complex incidents so they can save millions of dollars over time.
In this special episode of the Maintenance Mavericks Podcast, we have the Director of Product and Services at SEAM group, Christine Witte, on the show!
Listen now to learn more about introducing maintenance and reliability in early education, how early exposure and awareness will redefine the female talent in the industry, and her advice to future generations of female leaders.
Women in Maintenance is a special series hosted by Caitlyn Young-Gilbert, UpKeep’s Maintenance Community Founder. Caitlyn meets with a female leader in the maintenance industry to discuss their career journeys and share best practices to help other women within the maintenance industry thrive!
In today’s episode, my guest Riley King and I explore the application of Bayesian statistical methods in the medical device industry. Riley is a thought leader in medical device design and development and has worked with class III medical devices for over 14 years.
Riley shares with us
· His experience in medical device R&D and working in a quality leadership position in medical device
· The use of conventional, frequentist statistical methods in medical device development and some of the challenges he has faced when trying to apply conventional statistical methods
· His explanation of Bayesian statistics, the difference between frequentist and Bayesian methods, and why use Bayesian methods
· Real-life medical device use cases where Bayesian methods can be useful
· His tools of choice, which includes the programming language R and specific packages for Bayesian methods
· His learning journey and book/resource recommendations
· Tips for those in a similar line of work interested in learning and applying these techniques
· Trends he believes will shape the future of medical device technology and development
Riley has a blog called [R]eliability – A Random Walk in the Medical Device Space (https://rileyking.netlify.app/) where he talks in detail about his experiences. Make sure to check it out; it is awesome!
This fourth episode of the “QDD Versus” series focuses on concepts relating to Design for Manufacturability. Understand how design specs fit into process control, process capability, and SPC and where they typically don’t fit at all.
We talk about things to think about when setting limits on design features.
And, when defining controls for potential failures, knowing how processes are controlled can help us decide if the controls we have are good enough or not.
Dr. Ron Lasky talks about the many books he has authored on SMT processes and production efficiencies.
Dr. Ron Lasky is a Senior Technologist at Indium Corporation, as well as a Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College, where I have twice had the privilege of speaking on the Dartmouth campus to his students. If you’re like some people who view the next generation of young adults skeptically and pessimistically, I can assure you your view would quickly change after spending time with his students. Dr. Lasky has more than 30 years of experience in electronics and optoelectronics packaging at IBM, Universal Instruments, and Cookson Electronics. Additionally, he has served as an adjunct professor at several colleges, teaching more than 20 different courses on topics ranging from electronics packaging, materials science, physics, mechanical engineering and science, and religion.
Dr. Lasky holds numerous patent disclosures and is the developer of several SMT processing software products relating to cost estimating, line balancing, and process optimization, all subjects of paramount importance in today’s hyper-competitive environment. He is the co-creator of engineering certification exams that set standards in the electronics assembly industry worldwide. Dr. Lasky was awarded the Surface Mount Technology Association’s (SMTA) Technical Distinction Award in 2021 for his “significant and continuing technical contributions to the SMTA.” He was also awarded SMTA’s Founder’s Award in 2003.
Dr. Lasky holds four degrees, including a Ph.D. from Cornell University in materials science, and is a licensed professional engineer.
He has authored six books, and contributed to nine more, on science, electronics, and optoelectronics, and has authored numerous technical papers and today, I’m going to talk with Ron about some of those books.
Here’s how to get Dr. Ron’s books:
Handbook of Electronic Assembly and A Guide to SMTA Certification
https://smta.org/store/viewproduct.aspx?id=16304955
The Printed Circuit Assembler’s Guide to Solder Defects
http://iconnect007.com/index.php?cID=852
Troubleshooting Electronic Assembly: Wisdom from the BoardTalk Crypt
https://www.amazon.com/Troubleshooting-Electronic-Assembly-Wisdom-BoardTalk/dp/1732283680
Patty and the Professor
https://www.mikekonrad.com/patty-and-the-professor
Dr. Ron’s Contact Information:
ronald.c.lasky@dartmouth.edu
It is my pleasure to welcome Conrad Greer to the podcast, the founder of SPCResults.
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Kirk and Fred discussing their views on how to best learn the discipline of reliability engineering.
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Kirk and Fred discussing whether to ship a product that may or may not be safe and reliable.
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In this special episode of the Maintenance Mavericks Podcast, we have the CEO of Empowering Brands, Charli K Matthews, on the show!
Listen now to learn more about the inspiration behind Empowering Women in Industry, why diversifying your network is necessary, and how to take action today.
Women in Maintenance is a special series hosted by Caitlyn Young-Gilbert, UpKeep’s Maintenance Community Founder. Caitlyn meets with a female leader in the maintenance industry to discuss their career journeys and share best practices to help other women within the maintenance industry thrive!
We talk about customers of design information. It takes many people to realize a product design into something that can be sold and used. Those people need design information to ensure that they’re performing their tasks to produce a high-quality product, and to be able to use our product appropriately. We review who our customers are and what type of information they need from design engineers.
In this episode, I speak with Anthony Natoli and talk about Continuous Improvement (CI). He shares his experiences and the journey the site has taken to reach a level of maturity where they have now embedded the CI practices and can see the benefits. Anthony shares the challenges, his learnings, and how they started the CI journey.
You can get In touch with Anthony via LinkedIn(https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-natoli-50038166/) or email him at (anthony.natoli@ccep.com).
Sounds simple, right? And it is. Reliability growth literally refers to a process where we improve the reliability of a product, system, or service. But sometimes we find ourselves in situations where it is expected that not only do we understand reliability growth … but measure it. And predict how much it will grow in the future. This is sometimes called Reliability Growth Testing (RGT), Reliability Growth Planning (RGP), or Reliability Growth Prediction. And there are lots of equations and models for all these things. But do these models actually model the ‘real world?’ … can they work for you? … SHOULD they work for you? This webinar introduces you to the topic of reliability growth (both qualitative and quantitative) along with key concepts (like the Duane Failure Pattern) to help you work out if there is (or is not) a place for reliability growth in your organization.
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It is my pleasure to welcome back Simon Jagers, one of the founders of Samotics, an industrial analytics company that helps clients improve reliability and sustainability, particularly of their rotating equipment.
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