10 Reasons to Do Reliability

podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson

Everyone knows' why we do reliability engineering right? Customer experience. Organization reputation. Reduced warranty claims ten years from now. But these are boring reasons that really don't motivate me to take reliability seriously now. Why should I invest so much time into an activity that benefits the company' or the customer' in the future but won't make an immediate difference when my boss gives me a gold star' on my next performance appraisal? Besides, no one person is responsible for reliability, so any effort I invest in reliability will be lost in the noise' anyway. And, of course, reliability will increase the budget and schedule today. Right?

There is a simple trick that organizations who do reliability' well use. They understand that reliability engineering solves problems starting today. That means there are fewer crises during production (costing time and money), a focus on the VITAL FEW things that matter (not the TRIVIAL THOUSANDS that lead to over-engineering), and no 300-slide PowerPoint presentations where we need to discuss reliability stuff' every week. No more build-test-fix' treadmill. Come and listen if you want to hear the ten reasons to do reliability engineering well that reduce production timelines, save budget, eliminate the overwhelm', and otherwise motivate everyone to bake reliability into the first design.'

This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 27 June 2023.

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