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#85 – WHEN SOMETHING FAILS, WHAT SHOULD WE DO? – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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ABC FredA natural question to ask when something fails is “Why did it fail”?

The answer is not always obvious or easy to sort out. Some failures result from design errors, others are related to supply chain and assembly issues, and yet others occur because of seemingly random events (accidents, lightning strikes, etc.). As a reliability engineer, my concern is not simply accounting for end-of-life wear out; it is about meeting my customer’s reliability expectations. From design to failure analysis, by considering the range of possible sources I can identify and attend to the root causes that matter. Continue reading →

#85 – FEET CONTROL – UMBERTO TUNESI

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Umberto Tunesi pixOr, at the beginning there were the feet.

We humans are very proud – may be too proud – of our head, but what would we be without our feet, and not controlling them?

Could we drive a car, or pilot an aircraft or simply moving from here to there; or taking a shower? The answer to these apparently trivial questions is NO. Continue reading →

#84 – CHANGES IN FUTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STANDARDS – IAN DALLING

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AAA Dalling“It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution and merely lukewarm defenders in those who gain by the new ones. ” Niccolò Machiavelli Continue reading →