Introducing Accendo Reliability 2020

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Chris and Fred discuss the new challenges of reliability in the upcoming years. Accendo was originally setup to help reliability professionals in an objective and broad forum. And this appeared to fill a void. Trade magazines are over-bearing, with sponsor adds replacing well thought-out articles. Professional societies are becoming less and less relevant (but more expensive). And Accendo lists ‘competitor’ programs, blogs and articles where other organizations strictly focus on their products, courses, books and so on. So Accendo has become the only ‘one stop shop’ for the reliability engineering community who want to develop their skills.

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What to Learn at a Reliability Conference

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James and Fred discussing the many ways to learn while at a conference.
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Introduction to Use Case 7

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Adam and Fred discussing a new concept to test products to their limit.
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Professional Tidier Marie Kondo … and How we Can Do the Same in Reliability

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Chris and Carl discussing how the self discipline of taking care of personal “tidiness” can be applied to improve the organization of reliability activities.
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Reliability Engineering versus Management

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Carl and Chris discussing the subjects of reliability engineering and reliability management. Are they generally the same subject with different focus areas, or are they based on entirely different bodies of knowledge?
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How Did You Learn Reliability Engineering?

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Kirk and Fred discussing how his career path led to being a reliability engineer and meeting a working with Gregg Hobbs. Ph.D. the reliability leader that gave him a new perspective on HALT and HASS.
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Car Reliability Exceptions Declared by Manufacturer

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Kirk and Fred discussing his purchase of a new car and the manufacturers environmental condition as declared in the owners manual.
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Being a Great Conveyor of Knowledge

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Carl and Fred continue discussing the subject of teaching reliability. This episode builds on SOR 390 Reliability Engineers as Good Teachers.
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Reliability Engineers as Good Teachers

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Carl and Fred discussing some of the finer points of teaching the subject of reliability.
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Adapting Functionality

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Adam and Fred discussing how observations in design limitations may be used for adapting methods of product functionality.
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Innovating Under Constraints

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Adam and Fred discussing how constraints n product development and use drive great design.
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Where Do You Get Ideas?

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Adam and Fred discussing how to create new ideas.
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The Soft Skill of Making Memorable Presentations

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James and Fred discussing the elements that make a presentation that is remembered.
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Evolutionary vs Revolutionary Design and How It Affects Reliability

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Adam and Chris discussing the difference between organizational strength’s in evolutionary vs revolutionary design process
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The Definition of Reliability and Quality

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Chris and Adam discuss how the definitions of ‘reliability’ and ‘quality’ align … or differ. What are the differences? Do these differences matter for all applications? Is there merit in arguing that there is a difference? Well … the answer to each question is both ‘yes’ and ‘no.’ Confused? Perhaps listening to this podcast might help. Because we should only use definitions that help us and our organization. In a way, using a definition that makes the most sense to your organization is not only acceptable, it is necessary. And many organizations have failed because they have never understood these differences.
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