Accendo Weekly Update #417
Upcoming Webinars
Events hosted by many others
As you know, many of our peers share what they know. Some freely, some for a fee. Yet, there is a lot of great content available for those willing to look.
One of the founding principles of Accendo Reliability is to let you know what is available for your professional development - even if we didn't create it. One way we follow this principle is by listing upcoming webinars for the next month. We send it out to an email list (one message per month) and post it on the site. We search approximately 40 different sites monthly to find webinars scheduled in the next month. The one discretion we take is listing the Accendo Reliability hosted events at the top.
The next email containing all the reliability-related webinars from many organizations is due to inboxes on Monday, October 30. The list for October has 18 different webinars (November's lists 22 events). If you are not already on the Monthly Upcoming Webinars list, sign up now so you don't miss receiving the list each month.
Announcements & Reminders
If we are not listing a webinar event that should be on the list - let us know. If we know of upcoming events by the 25th of the month for the following month, we'll add it to the list.
I received a question a few weeks ago concerning the artwork we use at Accendo Reliability. They asked, 'Why line drawings of French old stone structures and castle plans for this newsletter?' I've also heard that the unique artwork helps to immediately recognize the message is from Accendo Reliability. What do you think about our choice of artwork?
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Stay safe, stay flexible, and stay resilient.
Cheers,
Fred
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WQW 008: Is the Ishikawa Diagram a Bad Guy Sidekick to the 5 Whys?
Keith Fong talks about what the Ishikawa Diagram really is and better practices to leverage its use.
RM 130: Human-Centered Approaches to Innovation with Dr. Alexis Abramson
How do I link Process Capability Indices to Number (PPM) Defects?
We often use the word ‘quality’ to describe products that are manufactured with minimal defects (… and within tolerances). If you are involved in the field of quality (and manufacturing), then you might have heard of ‘capability indices.’ These are simple numbers that essentially describe the ‘quality’ of things being manufactured. There are certain guidelines and industry ‘standards’ for what these numbers should be. Have you ever heard of the ‘6 sigma’? It promotes a capability index of two (2). But what does this mean? These numbers also correspond with the fraction of defective products. Want to learn what these capability indices mean? … and how to get them? … and how to convert them to things like Parts Per Million (PPM) defects? Or better yet … if you need to learn a bit more about manufacturing and how we measure quality in general? Join us for this webinar.
Reliability Data
One role reliability engineers enjoy is that of analyzing data. We have available to us a wide range of statistical methods, yet each does require some form of data. In some cases, we are data rich with almost too much data. In other situations, we are lacking data or have insufficient data.
AI Decision Making: 'Existential' Threat or Salvation
“Trust’ in AI decision-making is one of the most important public policy challenges facing the world. Some pundits place this on the same level as climate change and pandemics.
“Trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) can bring many benefits, such as better healthcare, safer and cleaner transport, more efficient manufacturing, and cheaper and more sustainable energy.” EU Communications.
Reliability?Live Events
Reliability Engineering webinars and master classes
Join the discussion at the next live event
Reliability as a Process
Scheduled for November 14, 2023, at 9 am?US Pacific time.
Speaker: Fred Schenkelberg
We do not “do reliability”. “Reliability” doesn’t just happen to a product – well, it does with or without our intervention. To achieve the stated reliability objectives for a new product or production line, we can trust to luck or sort out what needs to happen to realize the objectives.
Carl and I have found that there isn’t a set of methods that we always use or recommend. There is no one-size-fits-all plan. We have found there exists a set of steps that we tend to follow as a guide. A framework for thinking through what needs to happen that improves the outcomes. Steps that add value.
Let’s discuss the process of achieving reliability objectives. This may be a change in approach for some of you, for others, a chance to enhance what you already do. The idea is to explore in detail why we think achieving reliability objectives is best done using a process approach.
What is ‘Fatigue’? … and no I don’t mean Feeling ‘Tired’
Scheduled for November 28, 2023, at 8 am?US Pacific time.
Speaker: Chris Jackson
Many reliability engineers know what fatigue is (in addition to feeling tired). Fatigue is an example of a ‘failure mechanism.’ A failure mechanism is the physical, chemical or electrical process that results in failure. Fatigue is interesting in that it allows something to fail without it ever being exposed to stresses that are beyond its strength. How does this happen? Fatigue is based on cracks. Cracks magnify stresses at their tips. So cycling stresses can have the effect of incrementally (and sometimes very slowly) increasing the crack length at the tip. Fatigue has caused all manners of failures that have surprised us throughout the history of engineering. But now we have learned so much more about this really fascinating failure mechanism can cause steel, aluminium and other material to fail, even when the stresses they experience are tiny. Want to learn more about fatigue? And how you can help prevent it? Join us for this webinar.
ISO 42001 – 10 X Bigger Than ISO 9001
Date Change: Scheduled for December 5, 2023, at 9 am?US Pacific time.
Speaker: Greg Hutchins
Greg is an opportunist. Greg wrote 4 best selling books on ISO 9001 in the 1990’s (John Wiley).
Greg now believes that ISO 42001 will be 10 X bigger than ISO 9001. Find out why? ISO 42001 is the new (FDIS) management system standard. Learn how to reposition your work/career/job for this new opportunity.
In this webinar, Greg will discuss why he thinks ISO 42001 will be 10x bigger than ISO 9001 and address the following;
? What is ISO 42001? ? Why it matters? ? Why it will be 10x bigger than ISO 9001? ? What are the key elements of the standard? ? Why Greg’s tagline Future of Quality: Risk? is now foretold. ? What you can do NOW to get ready and double your income?
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Workplace Risk Assessments Need to be Visual
Now SFAIRP is the Criterion to Judge If You have Sufficiently Controlled Your Workplace Hazards
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Improving Your Risk Management Framework
This article is the seventh of fourteen parts to our risk management series. The series will be taking a look at the risk management guidelines under the ISO 31000 Standard to help you better understand them and how they relate to your own risk management activities. In doing so, we’ll be walking through the core aspects of the Standard and giving you practical guidance on how to implement it. ? ?...[Read more…]
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