Accendo Weekly Update #433

Institute of Quality & Reliability

A new video series by Hemant Urdhwareshe

This article series (videos) is dedicated to all those who want to learn and contribute to quality and reliability improvement to make this world better! Videos are created by Hemant Urdhwareshe and team. Hemant is a Fellow of American Society for Quality (ASQ) and is certified by ASQ as Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Reliability Engineer (CRE), Quality Manager (CMQ/OE) and Quality Engineer (CQE). He has 42 years of experience and wants to share his knowledge and experience with those who wish to acquire it!

Enjoy the Short Presentations Today!

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Announcements & Reminders

Since I spent a lot of time on customer support calls this past month (on hold mostly), I'm curious about your relationship with your organization's customer support. You can view the current survey and prior survey results at the Accendo Reliability Survey page.

Greg Hutchins is doing a presentation for the ASQ Section 304 North Jersey General Section meeting on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 7 pm US Eastern time. The talk is titled, In Today's AI World - Future of Quality: Risk?.

Joseph Bernstein has a new book out. Reliability Prediction for Microelectronics takes as its core subject the ‘physics of failure’, combining a thorough understanding of conventional approaches to reliability evaluation with a keen knowledge of their blind spots. It equips engineers and researchers with the capacity to overcome decades of errant reliability physics and place their work on a sound engineering footing.

John Martz has a new book out. Serenity in Workplace Calamity endeavors to empower those navigating challenging circumstances, leveraging his experiences and expertise to effect positive change. His book serves as a beacon of hope for individuals in the midst of workplace turmoil, providing a roadmap towards resolution and restoration.

And, a little late, yet I believe you can still join, Jim Breneman is running a free Introduction to Reliability Engineeringcourse online. Started Feb 9th and is scheduled in two-hour sessions on the 2nd and 4th Fridays, noon till 2 pm US Eastern time. Eight sessions in total.

Stay safe, stay flexible, and stay resilient.

Cheers,

Fred

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PS: ?Chris Jackson's Fault Tree Analysis course is off to a great start.

PPS: is this newsletter too long? if so, how should we change it to best serve you and our peers?

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The Reliability Engineering podcast network

Podcasts continue to gain listeners, so thanks for letting others know. Let us know what you'd like to talk about. PS: Now, with over 3,046,933 downloads. Thanks for listening! Tell a friend about the network.

SOR 939 When to Consider Reliability

Kirk and Fred discuss at what point in the product development process should we consider applying reliability engineering to the concept and actual prototypes.

SOR 940 When I Know it's Not Right

Carl and Fred discuss a question brought up at recent conference: what do you do when you are supposed to do something that you know is not the right thing to do?

QDD 136 Welcome Back! New, Upcoming Opportunities with FMEA and Quality during Design

Dianna’s approach to FMEA is not only about adhering to traditional methods but also about addressing the criticisms and limitations often associated with them.

WQW 016: Everything is a Process

In this episode, we discuss what a process is, some types of outputs and inputs, and how I would have coached the organizers.

AP 002: Bridging the Gap: APM 4.0 and the Future of Asset Performance Management

Wim Vancauwenberghe and guests David Ariens and Omar Thiam share their expertise on how APM is more than asset reliability or availability.

RiM 27: A Maintainer's View on Maintenance Decisions and Life in the Navy

In this episode, I speak to Grahame Paton who worked in the Royal Australian Navy for over 30 years and currently works as a Reliability Engineer.

MC 022 Product Launch Formula

Michael discusses different aspects of product development, product launch, and post-launch where materials engineering will improve product success.

RM 137: Building a Sustainable Career with a Sustainable Impact

Mike and Rick Coulson discuss how to sidestep the notorious burnout, and perhaps more importantly, how to fuel and maintain your motivation.

Fundamentals of Lessons Learned

Recorded 13 February 2024 / Fred Schenkelberg

Within an organization or a team, we collectively know a lot. We, again collectively, have a wealth of information. And, if you follow my Mom’s advice, we learn something new every day. We also forget a lot every day. When we forget something that we learned by making a mistake or error (learning the hard way), we are prone to repeat that mistake or error.

Risk 101: Future of Quality

Recorded 6 February 2024 / Greg Hutchins

We’ve evangelized for more than 20 years that the future of quality and its related disciplines, including reliability, will be risk-focused. Why? We’re living in a time of uncertainty and risk. Understanding and managing risk is important for quality and reliability professionals solving tough problems and making hard decisions.

What is WeiBayes Analysis?

Recorded 23 January 2024 / Chris Jackson

WeiBayes Analysis combines Weibull and Bayesian analysis (… I know that doesn’t mean much to most people). It can be really useful if we know ‘how’ something we are testing fails. Because if we do, then we can essentially feed a certain parameter into the analysis to help it on its way. This means that we don’t need as much data (always a good thing in reliability engineering). But there are quite a few catches. Interested in learning about Weibayes analysis? Join us for this webinar.

Reliability?Live Events

Reliability Engineering webinars and master classes

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What Does the Reliability of a ‘K out of N’ System Look Like?

Scheduled for February 27, 2024, at 8 am?US Pacific time.

Speaker: Chris Jackson

We often use the term ‘system reliability modelling’ to describe any scenario where we need to somehow convert what we know about component reliability into system reliability in order to make a decision. Some of us might have heard of ‘series systems’ that have no redundant components, meaning that the system fails when any component fails. Then there are ‘parallel systems’ where the system fails when the last component fails. But then there are ‘K out of N’ systems that need ‘K’ components out of a total of ‘N’ components to work for the system to work. Do you know when ‘K out of N’ system reliability looks like series system reliability? … or parallel system reliability? … or perhaps you don’t know what series or parallel system reliability looks like? Then this webinar is for you.

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How to Get Unstuck: Do Good. Be Happy.

Scheduled for March 5, 2024, at 9 am?US Pacific time.

Speaker: Greg Hutchins

In this presentation, Greg Hutchins will explain how to Get Unstuck: Do Good. Be Happy – based on the Working It book (4.9/5.0 stars on Amazon). Today’s Linkedin review: “A wonderful book by a great author. A must recommend for those who are looking to enhance their skills in the VUCA world.” Ankur Tyagi

VUCA is an acronym for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity. We invented the term VUCAN? – an acronym for VUCA iNhabitant. Why? We’re now all VUCANs having to deal with today’s uncertainty.

Greg Hutchins will cover the following:

1. What life questions were critical 15 years ago? 2. What life and work questions are top of mind today? 3. How do you deal with today’s uncertainty? 4. How do you decide how to decide? 5. How are you getting your stuff done? 6. What is your risk tolerance? 7. How can you thrive in today’s risky world?

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Fundamentals of Safety Margins

Scheduled for March 12, 2024, at 9 am?US Pacific time.

Speaker: Fred Schenkelberg

One way to create a robust product or system is to consider all the stresses and design to withstand those stresses. We often do not know all the stresses, magnitudes, and ranges of variation. We know that many materials degrade with time, yet we do not know precisely how much or how fast. We also do not know what new stresses may arise or how stresses will change over time.

With so many unknowns, we turn to safety margins to address the unknowns. The process is simple enough, meaning we will design a product to withstand more stress than we expect. For example, if designing a bracket that is expected to carry a 100-pound load, we design a bracket capable of withstanding a 200-pound load. That doubling of capability is a 2x safety margin.

Let’s examine safety margins and why they are one method to design robust products that also improve product reliability performance.

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Reliability Articles

Reliability Engineering essays and tutorials

Short essays and tutorials for your weekly professional reading. Did you know there are over 3,500 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.

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Ancient Japanese Text Contained A Warning For 2011 Fukushima Disaster

Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku –?is an ancient Japanese text compiled in 901. It talks about an earthquake and Tsunami that occurred in 869:

“Then the sea began roaring like a big thunderstorm. The sea surface rose up and the huge waves attached the land”

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Two Books Help Reliability Engineers Communicate and Collaborate

These two books help technical professionals improve their communication and collaboration skills. Employers seek soft skills across the many market sectors to complement the technical skills they assume are present. These two groundbreaking books provide the fuel to propel your career. ?

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What Interests My Boss Fascinates Me

In this episode, we will discuss tips for applying leadership support to promote a reliability culture in your plant. ?

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Using RAM models for Criticality Analysis – Advantages and Limitations

Building a Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) model can provide numerous benefits to an Asset Management program. This includes conducting a Criticality Analysis. Criticality Analysis involves ranking assets based on their potential risk to the organization. ? ...[Read more…]

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First Impressions

Note: This first article in the NoMTBF campaign was published on April 1st, 2009. Thus, we’ve been at this and making progress for a long time and come a long was since starting the NoMTBF campaign. I am looking forward to your comments, contributions, and suggestions. ?

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SAE JA1011 Standard

Evaluation Criteria for Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Processes

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, one of the accepted definitions for standard is: “something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model, for example.” In our case, a standard comprises a document or sets of documents?providing?requirements, specifications, guidelines, or characteristics that can be... ??[Read more…]

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Is ERM the Solution to Climate Change?

The 2022 Global Risk Report is the 17th?risk assessment report. The preface to the report notes: “The 17th?edition of the Global Risk Report identifies tensions that will results from diverging trajectories and approaches within and between countries and then examines the risk that could arise from such tensions.” (1)

The results of the survey have substantive implications as the above notes. ? ...[Read more…]

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Adopt New Technology, and Hasten the Adoption of New Technology

Users of the Plant Wellness Way EAM methodology use accuracy-controlled procedures to turn their company into an Accuracy Controlled Enterprise: a quality driven, “learning organization” effectively using useful technologies. ?

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Time Series vs. Actuarial Forecasts?

Time series forecasts are easy to make and data are available. They’re like driving while looking in the rear-view mirror. A survey listed 31 forecasting software programs: none actuarial [Yurkewicz]. Actuarial?failure?forecasts?are less biased and are more precise than time series?failure forecasts, because actuarial failure forecasts use age-specific failure rates. How much better? ? ...[Read more…]

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Life Data Analysis of Complete Data Using Minitab

In this video, Hemant Urdhwareshe discusses how to analyse complete data of failures to identify distribution, identify distribution parameters, estimate reliability at a specified time using Minitab (version 19) software. The file used in the video can be downloaded here: Reliability Data.xls.zip. ? ?...[Read more…]

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Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices: Block Diagrams

Ramesh Gulati and George Williams discuss Block Diagrams ?

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?If you would like to contribute an article or series of articles on reliability, maintenance, or related topics, let's talk. The intent is to have many voices writing here. If you're interested in publishing your work via Accendo Reliability, let's talk. [email protected]