Accendo Weekly Update #326
A New Article Series by Andrew Kelleher
Whilst most reliability literature is concerned with “product” reliability engineering, the described methods (e.g., Weibull analysis and FMEA) find relatively little application in a process plant environment.?At first glance, the reason for this would seem to be the ratio of (many) Assets to (few) Engineers.?However, the real reason is much more interesting.?It is because the traditional methods were developed for application in “simple” and “complicated” systems, whereas a process plant is a “complex” system.?Our response to this situation has been to trivialize the complex system behavior, for example in the form of a risk matrix.?An alternative response would be to apply methods suited for application in complex systems.?For example, simulation is absolutely necessary to make optimal decisions in complex systems.?The aim of this article series is to present concepts, methods, and tools for tackling the reliability engineering problem in the context of a complex stochastic production system.
Random Notes
Remember to check out the?Critical Talks a podcast hosted by Gabor Szabo?- every week a great talk.
Snowed in? Pick up a book (Kindle delivers even during snowstorms and road closures).?Check out the many booksauthored by Accendo Reliability contributors.
Chris Jackson is back with a new webinar,?What is Statistical Process Control or SPC??- should be a good one.
Looking ahead for courses, conferences, webinars, etc as you sort out your professional development plan? Check out the?Calendar?for hundreds of options.
Stay safe, stay flexible, stay resilient.
Cheers,
Fred
PS: Putting the finishing touches on an online, live course by Greg Hutchins - Risk Management - watch for announcements on when available for registration - limit 30 students.
The reliability engineering podcast network
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Chris and Fred discuss a common term used in ‘accelerated life testing’ or ALT. This is where we increase the stress our system is exposed to in order to accelerate failure.
Chris and Fred discuss how we actually go about making things that are high reliability and high quality.
James welcomes Ricardo Santos, Senior Manager at Deloitte, to the podcast.
For many asset-intensive businesses, conversations about adopting maintenance and reliability-focused AI or Machine Learning solutions are infused with widespread myths, illogical barriers, and a general sense of fear.
Lucas and Ryan talk about America’s Port — why they are struggling to keep up, who is profiting from this crisis, who is hurting from it, and who is to blame.
We explore reliability engineering’s roots and development, from the 1950’s through today, to better understand the results of an analysis.
In this episode, Akshay speaks with Shane Scriven?about Lubrication and some best practices that an organization can implement.
George is currently responsible for leading a new the global asset management programs for Facebook data center operations.
John Allen of the New Science of Fixing Things and Gabor talk about a powerful deterministic approach to diagnosing and solving tough problems to improve product quality, reliability and performance
Brian and Mike discuss the future of the automobile industry and what’s required for the electronics industry and the world.
Listen now to learn more about introducing maintenance and reliability in early education, how early exposure and awareness will redefine the female talent in the industry, and her advice to future generations of female leaders.
Recorded 11 January 2022 / Fred Schenkelberg
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Reliability Engineering webinars and master classes
Join the discussion at the next live event
Scheduled for February 8, 2022, at 9?am?US Pacific time.
Speaker:?Fred Schenkelberg
You may fondly, or most likely not fondly, your undergraduate course on probability and statistics. The calculations of various winning hands with card games was interesting and connected to the early ‘invention’ of probability and statistical methods, yet the jar with colored beads was rather boring.
From drive time to upload speeds, from production output per hour to defects per unit, we are surrounded by things and processes that vary. With most things, there is many factors at play contributing to variations. It is those variations and the means to discuss them in a meaningful way that is the essence of statistics.
Let’s explore the many ways we use, or should use, statistics in our engineering role. From gathering data to presenting, from analyzing to comparing, we have a wide range of tools available that ‘probably’ (pun intended) will have a ‘significant’ (did it again) impact on your ability to make a difference with what you do.
Scheduled for February 22, 2022, at 8?am?US Pacific time.
Speaker:?Chris Jackson
You may have heard of Statistical Process Control (SPC), 6-sigma, Shewhart, the Japanese Economic Miracle, X? – R Charts … or perhaps none of them. So if you have heard of these things (and are confused by them) or if you are involved in ‘processes’ (especially manufacturing) then this webinar might help you out. SPC can help you work out if your process (whatever that might be) is ‘behaving.’ Which means it isn’t doing anything that YOU don’t EXPECT. And to know what to EXPECT you need to UNDERSTAND your process. So even if your process starts of doing what you WANT – if you don’t UNDERSTAND it then it won’t be long before it meanders outside your definition of what is ‘good.’
GThe heart of SPC start with finding out the precise moment your process starts behaving UNEXPECTEDLY. Which hopefully gives you plenty of stress free time to come up with really clever solutions well before you create batch upon batch of defective component (or something similar). This webinar gives you an introduction into SPC, which hopefully makes you want to learn more in the future.
Reliability Engineering essays and tutorials
Short essays and tutorials for your weekly professional reading. Did you know there are over 1,800 articles published to date? Comment or ask questions thus joining the discussion. If you have an idea for an article or would like to contribute articles,?let's talk.
Citizens often oppose chemical process facilities near their community because of potential for high consequence events. This risk aversion of society is commonly referred to as NIMBY (Not-in-my-backyard). The risk aversion is based not by taking into account annual fatalities but based on potential worst-case catastrophe.??...[Read more…]
Much has been written about James Reason’s original?Swiss Cheese Model?described in his book?Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents. Figure 1 is a basic representation of this model. Many today consider this model to be obsolete because of the evolving complexity of systems due to emerging technologies. Therefore, the linearity of failure expressed in this original model, is not as applicable as it was.??...[Read more…]
Keeping it honest, layoffs suck.?They suck for the targeted employees and they suck for their immediate supervision and management.
In 1981 I was hired by our area’s largest employer at the time as an incoming apprentice. The day I was hired my soon to be wife and I celebrated she as a schoolteacher and I now had lifelong employment.??...[Read more…]
Things get a little dirty when humans get involved. In any system, human behavior and human understanding “gum up” the process. These are a few of the dirty secrets for effective communications.
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My contention is management many times compromises quality to mitigate budget and cost issues resulting in a major risk to the project.
How to minimize the quality risk on a project is addressed in this paper. The approach to do this is based on my 30 years of project and project risk management experience and knowledge.??...[Read more…]
Modelling your process improvement initiative on another organization’s success is foolish—they are but a sample size of one!
A sample size of one success can also be due totally to luck.??...[Read more…]
Covid scared us all! Here you can see two Red Pandas with their version of a threatening response. When threatened, we will have one of three reactions – fight, flight, or freeze.
Our businesses also have similar responses. A few have fought – and they “pivoted.” Some fled – they folded up and went away. Many simply froze.??...[Read more…]
Asset reliability programs are a set of initiatives for tracking the health, effectiveness and locations of both fixed and moveable assets. It involves routine maintenance, as well as the collection and analysis of equipment operating data to measure efficiency throughout their useful lives.???...[Read more…]
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