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fmsreliability.com http://www.fmsreliability.com/education/spot-reliability-minded-coworkers/ Fred How to spot reliability minded coworkers How to find reliability-minded coworkers Being the reliability engineer on a project doesn’t have to be a lonely assignment. Nearly everyone on the team shares the same goal. That of creating a reliable product or maintaining equipment availability. Other may be electrical or mechanical engineers, technicians, procurement or some other part of the organization, yet they all have something to contribute to improving reliability. Sometimes you have to find the reliability minded individuals – to assist when gathering information – to identify potential weaknesses – to provide support for a reliability task – to encourage others to fully consider reliability with each decision Traits of reliability minded coworkers My estimate is approximately half of the working reliability engineers are individuals that showed an interest in reliability. They then learned the skills and tools associated with reliability engineering. It is that interest that we are seeking. It is that interest that aligns with improving reliability and learning. In conversations, in meetings, and during presentations pay attention to the focus, ideas, and questions of your coworkers. In one or more ways they will reveal their interest in reliability. Look for those asking questions about risks of failure failure mechanisms design options to make the product more robust vendor selection including component reliability Of course there are others, yet this short list may provide just the tip to let you encourage more such questions. Look for meeting participants that tend to focus on the durability of the product for the end user tend to ask reliability related questions tend to join discussions about failure mechanisms tend to get engaged when reliability is the discussion topic During presentations look for speakers that lead the presentation with reliability goals or measures includes sections of potential failure modes

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Being the reliability engineer on a project doesn’t have to be a lonely assignment. Nearly everyone on the team shares the same goal. That of creating a reliable product or maintaining equipment availability. Other may be electrical or mechanical engineers, technicians, procurement or some other part of the organization, yet they all have something to contribute to improving reliability. Sometimes you have to find the reliability minded individuals – to assist when gathering information – to identify potential weaknesses – to provide support for a reliability task – to encourage others to fully consider reliability with each decision

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fmsreliability.com http://www.fmsreliability.com/education/spot-reliability-minded-coworkers/

Fred

How to spot reliability minded coworkers

How to find reliability-minded coworkersBeing the reliability engineer on a project doesn’t have to be a lonely assignment.

Nearly everyone on the team shares the same goal. That of creating a reliable product or maintaining equipmentavailability.

Other may be electrical or mechanical engineers, technicians, procurement or some other part of the organization,yet they all have something to contribute to improving reliability.

Sometimes you have to find the reliability minded individuals – to assist when gathering information – to identifypotential weaknesses – to provide support for a reliability task – to encourage others to fully consider reliability witheach decision

Traits of reliability minded coworkers

My estimate is approximately half of the working reliability engineers are individuals that showed an interest inreliability. They then learned the skills and tools associated with reliability engineering.

It is that interest that we are seeking. It is that interest that aligns with improving reliability and learning.

In conversations, in meetings, and during presentations pay attention to the focus, ideas, and questions of yourcoworkers. In one or more ways they will reveal their interest in reliability.

Look for those asking questions about

risks of failure

failure mechanisms

design options to make the product more robust

vendor selection including component reliability

Of course there are others, yet this short list may provide just the tip to let you encourage more such questions.

Look for meeting participants that

tend to focus on the durability of the product for the end user

tend to ask reliability related questions

tend to join discussions about failure mechanisms

tend to get engaged when reliability is the discussion topic

During presentations look for speakers that

lead the presentation with reliability goals or measures

includes sections of potential failure modes

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discusses risks to durability of the product

encourages discussion of reliability improvements

The basic idea is to listen and encourage discussions around reliability. This may include design, assembly,operations, suppliers, budgeting, and customer feedback situations.

When ever the discussion turns to reliability, you should pay attention to who started it and who’s engaged. Thesepeople are you potential reliability champions.

How did you start in reliability? Did someone encourage you based on your interest? That was my path.