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Carl and Fred discuss ISO standards and how they impact quality and reliablity of products. The discussion begins with the ISO 9000 series and proceeds to a discussion of standards in general.
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Chris and Fred discuss how in spite of all the wonderful new techniques and technologies that are becoming available … we still need to focus almost all our effort on the basics.
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Chris and Fred discuss what it means to be ‘confident.’ Is it the way you carry yourself? Is it being able to rely or trust on something? Or is it the probability that some variable quantity will be within two limits? More importantly … what does this mean in the domain of reliability and quality?
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Kirk and Fred discussing the relationship between reliability, the fundamental limits of technology, and safety.
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Kirk and Fred discussing Kirk’s experience with a new pinball machine’s component failures and the manufacturer.
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Carl and Fred discussing the underlying mechanisms of failure, and how they impact our analysis and understanding of reliability.
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Carl and Fred take on the subject of Risk Priority Number, also called RPN, when used in FMEA. Is RPN a good way to prioritize risk in an FMEA, or is there a better way?
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Kirk and Fred discussing the expectations of reliability of their own vehicles and some of the wear out mechanisms we expect.
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Kirk and Fred discussing a very important question in all of unreliability.
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Chris and Fred discuss what ‘risk’ is. Or what most people think ‘risk’ is. Or what the experts think ‘risk’ is. Or what ‘risk’ feels like. Do you know what ‘risk’ is?
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Chris and Fred discuss a real-world problem … how do we use reliability engineering tools to work out how select a hospital power supply system.
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James and Fred discussing how to know when you’re successful with a podcast.
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Kirk and Fred discussing companies making reliability a priority early in the product development as opposed to waiting to after market release to see if it’s reliability.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the many years of discussions on Speaking of Reliability since Fred and Kirk recorded Episode 1 in 2015, six years ago.
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