How to Specify Reliability to a Supplier

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Kirk and Fred discuss working with suppliers to obtain the desired reliability performance. It starts with how you specify reliability. It must include sufficient detail so your supplier understands your request.
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Organization Culture May Create Barriers to Reliability Improvement

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Kirk and Fred discuss how competing business priorities create obstacles to achieving desired reliability objectives. The culture of your organization may limit your ability as a reliability professional to do your job effectively.
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Understanding the Setting of Expectations

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Tim and Fred discuss a problem that buyers and suppliers sometimes encounter in new applications: which is the right technical solution?

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The Make Versus Buy Decision

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Tim and Fred discuss whether or not you get better quality when you outsource. Will your supplier care as much about quality as you do?

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What About Warranty Charge Backs

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Tim and Fred discussing warranty charge backs.
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When to Seek Guidance from Management

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Carl and Fred discussing the nuances of communicating with management.
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Selecting Tools for a Given Challenge

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Carl and Fred discussing the tool selection process for a given job.
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Questions to Ask During an Assessment

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Carl and Fred discussing the best ways to conduct an assessment.
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Is Incoming Inspection a Necessary Evil?

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Tim and Fred discussing the issues involved with incoming inspection.
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What Happens When You Receive Defective Parts?

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Tim and Fred discussing receiving defective parts and the reliance on suppliers for quality.
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Two Reliability Problems Solved Different Ways

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Adam and Fred discussing a couple of interesting reliability problems and their solutions.
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Our Go-to Reliability Engineering Tools

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Adam and Fred discussing the role of statistical tools in everyday reliability engineering.
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Reliability Tools We Do Not Use Often

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Adam and Fred discussing a few of those tools that we do not use all that often.
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The Future of Reliability Engineering

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Adam, Andre, Carl, Kirk, Tim, and Fred discussing the future of reliability engineering.
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Matching Skills Across Your Supply Chain

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Tim and Fred discuss the advantages of choosing a supplier with complementary skills, and how supplier selection is like interviewing and hiring a new employee.

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