Accendo Weekly Update #379
A listing of tools and techniques Reliability Engineering people use.
As part of the work Carl and I (Fred) did for the upcoming book was to list the wide range of methods that we may employ to inform decisions. Some are quite obvious for most of us, such as plotting the data when confronted with?a batch of raw data.
The idea is we need to be aware of what is available, what it takes to employ, and the nature of the results. Each listed method includes a very brief description of the method and the typical output. We have found many references for how to execute each of these methods, yet few detail why one would use a method. Therefore, we mention what each method provides to assist in matching the best method for your plan’s needs.
Please take a look. Let us know if anything is missing or should be added. Over time we plan on adding links to resources to learn more about each listed method.
Announcements & Reminders
Last week's announcement for the updated top 10 books on the resources page generated much interest. If you missed it, you can find?the updated listing at Accendo Reliability?and give it a quick look.
Stay safe, stay flexible, and stay resilient.
Cheers,
Fred
PS: If you one of the many at this year's RAMS conference, how did it go?
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2 年Thanks to Alessio about a broken link - it's now updated so one may actually view the reliability methods list. cheers, Fred