Accendo Weekly Update #461 September 1, 2024
Accendo Reliability Course Offerings
It's Back-to-School Season
We provide some courses ourselves, like the free 14 Ways course. Plus, we offer courses by other instructors/organizations that may be of interest to you.
Integral Concepts provides practical application of statistical methods.
The Manufacturing Academy provides a range of courses for Quality and Reliability professionals.
Industrial Metallurgist offers courses focused on metallurgy – including failure analysis and corrosion.
Plus, a smattering of other courses offered by other instructors.
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Announcements & Reminders
One of Accendo Reliability's new authors, Debasmita Mukherjee, is presenting at the IEEE Santa Clara Valley Reliability Chapter meeting on October 10th, 6:15 - 8 pm US Pacific time, a talk titled Microgrid Reliability Approach and Modeling. Registration is at https://site.ieee.org/scv-rel/
For those wishing to work on the reliability aspects of rocketry, check out this request received recently: "I just want to share a job opportunity in my team in case you know of anyone interested in working (RAMS) in the Space Industry for Blue Origin. FYI, there is no remote opportunity available for this opening, and the candidate needs to relocate to the Space Coast in Florida.
Stay safe, stay flexible, and stay resilient.
Cheers,
Fred
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Reliability.FM
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. Now, with over 3,283,114 downloads. Thanks for listening! Tell a friend about the network.
SOR 995 Hidden Reliability
Carl and Fred discuss the challenges of hidden reliability problems, especially issues that are certain to occur, but not easily observed. When failures are invisible or hidden, they can be missed or ignored. [Listen here...]
SOR 996 FMEA and HAZOP
Carland Fred discuss a reader question about FMEA and Hazard Analysis and whether or not they can be combined into a single analysis. [Listen here...]
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QDD 150 Prioritizing Customer Satisfaction in Product Design (the Kano Model)
In this episode, we delve into how to prioritize customer wants using the powerful Kano Model, a tool that maps customer satisfaction against the implementation of product features. [Listen here...]
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RM 150: The Truth Behind Statistics
In today’s episode, Mike and Aaron Brown tackle some common myths associated with statistics and shed light on how misinterpretation of data can lead to false conclusions. [Listen here...]
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Using Fault Trees to Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Recorded 27 August 2024 / Chris Jackson
What is a ‘root cause’ of failure? It is something that you did (or didn’t) do that ultimately resulted in failure. It’s not corrosion (that’s a physical process that follows the laws of nature that you can’t change). It’s not a porous seal that allows moisture to enter your product to cause corrosion (that’s a defect or fault that you or your team made happen). Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is the process where we systematically work out what things we did or didn’t do that allowed failure to occur, and Fault Trees are often very helpful in finding this root causes. Tune in if you want to learn more about RCA or how fault trees can help RCA. [Listen here...]
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Fundamentals of a Professional Development Plan
Recorded 13 August 2024 / Fred Schenkelberg
Professional development is not about pursuing a degree or title. It’s about what you can do with your knowledge. Of course, that is my opinion. Some seek credentials that may lead to a new position or opportunities. Some seek knowledge without intending to use it – education for education’s sake.
Let’s explore how to improve your ability to learn and continue to learn throughout your career. As reliability engineers, there seems to be a never-ending list of concepts, failure mechanisms, novel materials, etc., that we can and should know about. With so many options for professional development, let’s examine a few principles and tips so you can learn and master what you desire to learn and master. [Listen here...]
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Reliability?Live Events
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Reliability Engineering webinars and master classes
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Fundamentals of Reliability Goals
Scheduled for September 10, 2024, at 9 am?US Pacific time.
Speaker: Fred Schenkelberg
Goals, objectives, milestones, targets, whatever you call them, just have a clear one. Setting a reliability goal is easy. Get a few people together for a short discussion and in less then 10 minutes you can craft a meaningful reliability goal.
Let’s explore the elements that make up a reliability goal. Plus, the range of inputs you can use to define each element. Plus, some best practices when establishing goals.
Finally, simply setting a goal adds value to your organization – if it is a complete and practical goal. Estimating or measuring that value can be tricky, so let’s discuss a few ways you may quantify the value of a goal.
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What’s the Difference Between a FMECA and FMEA?
Scheduled for September 24, 2024, at 8 am?US Pacific time.
Speaker: Chris Jackson
And the answers is not ‘the letter C.’ A FMEA is a group activity that follows a logical (and time proven) structure to effectively ‘brainstorm’ what are called ‘corrective actions’ for existing or likely problems in design and manufacture of products. Production teams that comprise designers, engineers, technicians and manufacturers typically have a wealth of existing knowledge and understanding of the product being developed. But some people will tell you that a FMECA is not a FMEA. And many government agencies in particular demand FMECAs over FMEAs. Interested to understand the difference (if any) between FMEAs and FMECAs? … and how you can make a FMECA work for you? Join us at this webinar!
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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
FINESSE Fishbone: The Second S Stands for Synergy
?Reliability engineers, systems engineers, and other technically trained professionals often support big decisions. Big decisions involve high levels of complexity and uncertainty, Decision makers are driven to seek the advice of an inner circle. Team dynamics overpower individual preferences. The second S in the FINESSE fishbone diagram stands for Synergy. ? ...[Read more…] ??
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Reliability vs. Durability
It seems a big misconception in different industries between those two terms “Reliability” and “Durability”. So, first thing first, I apply google research to find out what is definitions:
Reliability is defined as?the probability that a product, system, or service will perform its intended functionadequately for a specified period of time or will operate in a defined environment without failure. (Source American Society for Quality (ASQ))? ?...[Read more…]
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Consider the Decision Making First
Reliability activities serve one purpose: to support better decision making.
That is all it does. Reliability work may reveal design weaknesses, which we can decide to address. Reliability work may estimate the longevity of a device, allowing decisions when compared to objectives for reliability. Creating a report that no one reads is not the purpose of reliability. ? ...[Read more…]
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Auditing Safety Management Systems
In any given PSM audit, the auditors will usually face one or more situations that represent a dilemma because the situation has not happened before, or no thought has been given on how to resolve it. These dilemmas usually require the individual auditor and/or the audit team leader resolve the situation in the field. These “on the fly” resolutions require both astute judgment and practical solutions that fit... ??[Read more…]
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Advice to Managers on Getting Most Value from Workforce Training
The purpose of training your people is to develop capabilities the business needs and to add value to your people so they feel that they have greater worth. But the most important benefit of training is often lost because managers do not get their newly trained people to improve the system of work with their better knowledge and skills. Everyone needs training to reach their highest potential. ? ...[Read more…]
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DOE-6: Case Study in Creating Full Factorial Design in Minitab: Optimization of Fatigue Strength
?Hello friends, We are happy to release this sixth video on Design of Experiments (DOE)! In this video, Hemant Urdhwareshe has illustrated step by step, how to create a full factorial design in Minitab software. ? ...[Watch here…]
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Opportunities for Maintenance and Operations: No Part Replaced
This informative video provides valuable insights into how we respond to operations and help them improve their processes. By pulling data out of the CMMS, we can identify areas of opportunity and provide recommendations for improvement.
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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]
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6 个月Thanks, Fred, Keep up the good work.