Importance of Planning to Create a Reliable Product

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Rob and Fred discussing some of the consequences of not planning for reliability.
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Use the Cost of Downtime to Improve Reliability

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James and Fred discussing good ways to use the cost of downtime to motivate improving reliability.
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A Complex System Implies a Run to Failure Strategy, Right?

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James and Fred discussing resistance to change within an organization, sometimes based on poor assumptions and misunderstood theorems.
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Customer Service and Reliability

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Kirk and Fred discussing personal experiences in customer service and good and bad aspects of having an IPhone battery replaced.
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Is HALT Just Another Tool in the Tool Bag?

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Kirk and Fred discussing the understanding of HALT and the fact that many see as HALT, the finding of operational limits and weaknesses, as “just another tool in the reliability engineering tool bag” and how for Kirk it is most efficient approach to reliability development.
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How to Fully Characterize the Environment

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Adam and Fred discussing the method to characterise a products use environment.
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Use and Environment Definitions

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Adam and Fred discussing estimating use case and environment for your products during design.
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Working with Suppliers Offering New Technologies

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Andre and Fred discussing the challenges and some ideas on solutions when sourcing new technology from a vendor.
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The 300th Episode of Speaking of Reliability

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Fred discussing the Speaking of Reliability podcast journey.
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Dealing with the Reliability of New Technology

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Andre and Fred discussing what you need to think about and do differently to understand and minimize new technology related reliability risks.
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What is the Biggest Challenge Facing Reliability Engineers?

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Carl and Fred discussing the most important challenges facing reliability engineers.
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Reliability and Risk Management

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Carl and Fred discussing the subject of risk management and how reliability relates to it.
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Reliability-Safety-Risk Relationships

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Andre and Fred discussing the overlapping engineering fields of safety, risk, dependability, performability, reliability, quality.
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Getting the Most of Attending Conference

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Andre and Fred discussing a few hints and tips to get the most out of conference attendance.
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Setting Up a Corporate Reliability Training Program

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Andre and Fred discussing a common role for reliability engineers: training.

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