Reliability Leader with Adam Bahret

Tim Looney and I discuss the different unofficial roles we find in all organizations including the "pioneers and the settlers."  Tim Looney is the President of NorthEast Biomedical .  A medical product design firm.

Rick and I discuss some of the common personality types we find on design teams.  The dynamics and interactions that unfold have a lot to do with how well a program runs.

The Motto for the Lightening Fast Reliability method is "Robust Ready and Risk Guidance."  In this episode, we discuss what Risk Guidance is.

The Motto for the Lightening Fast Reliability method is "Robust Ready and Risk Guidance."  In this episode we discuss what Robust Ready is.

In product development we so often, or almost always, have a show stopper issue.  This is a technical challenge we can't easily overcome or a simple problem with a difficult solution late in teh game.  What do we do?  Tim Looney, President of Northeast Biomedical , and I discuss some experiences and ideas on how to address it.

Tom Dutremble, CEO of Acorn Product Development, joins us to talk about common pitfall and best practices in electro-mechanical product design. More about Acorn Product Development can be found at www.acronpd.com

Do we consider all the ways preventative maintenance can effect design strategy?

Rich Harpster , founder of harpcosystems.com,  joins us to talk about doing FMEA's with purpose.  He has created methods that better connect the true design process to the FMEA method.  The result is an FMEA team that is enthusiastic and feels purpose in using the tool. Rich can be contacted at richard.harpster@harpcosystems.com.

So often we identify leadership talent in technical people. They are marked for advancement but not always given the training needed to succeed.  Henry Chidgey and I discuss how this process can be done different.

The fourth season of Reliability Leader has a them of "The Human Side of Engineering."  In our first episode Jeff Gould joins me to discuss how language can have a tremendous effect on the success of technical programs.

Nancy and I share a passion for reliability.  We also share a passion for maximizing performance of individuals.  There is no way around the fact that how people operate effects how machines operate.

Jessica shares a personal story about the experience of receiving poor field service as a consumer.  Together we brainstorm on how the company could have improved the experience. 

In this episode I discuss the reliability anchoring methodology from the Reliability Culture tool kit.  The anchoring tool ensures we are tracking if changes to a planed test will effect ROI in a manner that justifies cancelling or postponing that test. 

In this episode my guest Dan Burrows, Director of Quality and Reliability at Solecta, discuss the difference between quality and reliability engineering.  It's not as easy as you would think, and there is surely more than one answer.

" The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. " Do you know what that quote is from?  If you do you are an awesome geek.  if you don't I still think you will enjoy this episode about how reliability engineers think a little different from design engineers.

My guest Carl Carlson and I discuss FMEA's and how they are best incorporated into product development programs.  Carl is a thought leader in FMEA and the author of "Effective FMEAs". He can be contacted at cscarlson3@gmail.com

Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis (DFMEA) is one of the most important tools in a reliability program. If implemented correctly it will significantly improve efficiency in the design process.  Implemented incorrectly it can be a devastating detour in what could have been a great produce development program.  Let's talk about both.

How do we go from a prototype to robust design?  There are a few easy steps ranging from correctly assessing what drives robust performance to testing driven design change.

After reading a NASA guide on best practices for fastener retention (lock washers, nylock nuts, tapered threads, chemical bonding) I was surprised to find out that that the method used most in everyday life was effectively useless.  Got me thinking, what else do we do in product design as a "best practice" only because we've always done it that way?

What is the most effective and fastest reliability program? It is simply the golden trinity of HALT, ALT, and RG.  In thsi episode I dicsuss how to apply these tools with an extremely high ROI.

Perry and I discuss different types of risk and how to include them in program decisions. Perry Parendo is the founder of Perry's Solutions.  He can be contacted at Perry@PerrysSolutions.com, or visit www. PerrysSolutions.com

In this episode my guest Bill Williams and I discuss the probability of one woman being hit twice in the stands while watching a baseball game.

Tim looney from North East Biomedical joins us to talk about best practices and common pitfalls in medical device design. Tim can be directly reached here .

Achilleas Dorotheou, of Parker Hannifin, shares with us the journey of transforming a team of bright young engineer into a mature team that creates highly reliable products.

In 1957 an unlikely event occurred, actually two events in sequence.  The odds these two events would occur seem almost impossible, but reframing what happens makes it much more probable. There is an interesting lesson to extract from what occurred to Alice Roth on August 17th 1957 about the vantage point for statistics.