podcast episode with speaker Fred Schenkelberg

Is a reliable product safer? Are the safety elements of a product or system independent of its reliability performance? These and other questions speak to the complex relationship between reliability and safety.

Let's explore the overlap and differences between a safe and a reliable product or system. Concepts like fail-safe and severity indicate part of the overlap. If a safety feature of a system fails, is that a safety or a reliability problem?

It appears I have plenty of questions related to the safety and reliability relationship, yet I suspect that if the goal is to meet customer and business objectives, then creating a safe and reliable system is a complementary endeavor.

This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 12 April 2022.

Reliability and SafetyFred Schenkelberg

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To view the recorded video visit the webinar page.

A few links provided by Carl DuPoldt during the live event:

Law of Unintended Consequences (PDF)

Definition of Reasonably Practical link – Australian government guideline

Calculating Factors of Safety and Margins of Safety From Interaction Equations (PDF from NASA)

Insurance Rating Variables – What they are and why they matter (pdf)

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