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Chris and Fred discuss the difference between ‘confidence,’ ‘tolerance’ and ‘prediction’ intervals. Is there any point in understanding the difference between these concepts? … or is it something only statisticians find useful?
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Kirk and Fred discussing Multiple Environmental Over Stress Test or MEOST.
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Kirk and Fred discussing and reflecting on some of the spooky reliability problems we have seen (or not seen) that sometimes have haunted us on this Halloween 2022 episode of SOR
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Greg and Fred discussing the importance of decision making in quality, reliability, and work in general.
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Chris and Fred discuss the pointlessness of the MTBF. This comes from a listener who reached out to complain about how lots of industries enforce the MTBF … but why?
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Chris and Fred discuss about what happens when we ‘defer’ maintenance … or do it later … or perhaps never. When is it OK to do this?
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Chris and Fred discuss ‘what can go wrong’ in scenarios where it is almost impossible to even comprehend might happen … like when something is really old! ᐅ Play Episode
Carl and Fred discussing advice for experienced engineers who are looking to change jobs or companies.
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Carl and Fred talking about their experiences in their own careers and advices for others in developing and taking advantage of career opportunities within a company.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the use of current buzzwords in the field of reliability, the use of software data Failure Reporting and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS) and how many reliability professionals jump to software automation to analyze reliability issues.
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Kirk and Fred discussing how to determine reliability for an LED device that needs to be operational after 250 years storage.
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Greg and Fred discussing the professional role of a quality and reliability engineer within an organization.
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Greg and Fred discuss the concepts and words surrounding reliability management, risk management and enterprise risk management.
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Chris and Fred discuss how we create a ‘reliability plan.’ It is not simply a list of tools …
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