Conducting a Reliability Program Assessment

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Adam and Fred discussing how one goes about conducting an assessment.
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Preparing for a Reliability Program Assessment

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Adam and Fred discussing a few critical steps when preparing for an program assessment.
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A Couple Approaches to Managing Lessons Learned

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Kirk and Fred discussing the difficulty in getting to root cause of a component failures. In many cases a component failure is not due to a intrinsic failure mechanism in the component, but instead is due to a circuit application issue such as rapid voltage spikes or transients. They also discuss the issues with Li-ion battery failures in Samsung and Boeing leading to costly recalls and failures.
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Tribal Knowledge and the Coffee Pot

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Adam and Fred discussing a few ways lessons learned programs work or do not.
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Are You Doing Root Cause or Assigning Blame

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Tim and Fred discuss the tendency to look for quick answers when analyzing quality failures, often overlooking the true root cause which may have more to do with internal culture.
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The Benefits of Vertical Integration

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Tim and Fred discuss different models that companies use to manage their suppliers and help ensure quality and reliability, including vertical integration, or outright ownership of the supplier.
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When to Use RGA

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Carl and Fred discussing when to use Reliability Growth Analysis in reliability programs.
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When to Use DOE

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Carl and Fred discussing when to use Design of Experiments in a reliability program.
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When to Use FTA

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Carl and Fred discussing when to use Fault Tree Analysis as part of a reliability program.
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Mechanical System HALT Hints and Tips

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Kirk and Fred discussing the process of HALT on mechanical systems. Many times the simplest and most straightforward of accelerated testing is to increase the number of expected use cycles such as on a mechanical hinge. They discuss how a failure may come from degradation, such as a squeaking door hinge, before it actually has a functional failure.
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Pinball Machine Reliability

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Kirk and Fred discussing the history of our and other SOR podcasts on the Accendo Reliability Website and the improvements and additions since we did the first SOR podcast.

Fred also asks about Kirk’s new book and interest in the recent revival of pinball and the reliability issues that they have.
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General Trends with Reliability Conferences

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Kirk and Fred discussing Kirk’s upcoming paper and presentation for the next IEEE ASTR Conference next month. They also discuss past and future of Reliability Engineering conferences including the ASTR conference and long running RAMS annual meeting.
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How Are Warranty Accruals Set?

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Andre and Fred discussing the art and science of setting warranty accruals.
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