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Hot Topics |
Challenges in Selecting an Integrated Enterprise-wide Reliability Solution: An IT Perspective
Guest Submission - Jassem Al-Salem of Kuwait
Oil Company
Over the past few years, reliability methods have become more and more crucial and essential tools in the oil and gas
industry. In the Middle East region specifically, their importance is becoming more evident, and more and more users are asking
for the tools in order to utilize these methods. From an IT perspective, our purpose is to support the users and assist them in
selecting the right tools, which would also meet our requirements. This article describes the challenges faced when selecting an
integrated enterprise-wide reliability system, based on my experience at Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), as part of the team assigned
to make this selection. To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue132/hottopics132.htm
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Reliability Basics |
Predicting the Number of Failures for Repairable Systems
Many complex systems, such as military vehicles and
mining equipment are repairable. For repairable systems,
the number of failures at a given operation period is
one of the most important reliability metrics. Based on
the predicted number of failures, proper resources can
be allocated. ReliaSoft’s
RGA
(reliability growth analysis) software package provides
tools for repairable system modeling and prediction. In
this article, we will explain how to predict the number
of failures, with confidence bounds, for repairable
systems.To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue132/relbasics132.htm
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Tool Tips |
- What tools do Xfmea and RCM++ provide to assess risk other than Risk Priority Numbers?
- Is there a fast way to calculate multiple metrics for any analyzed data sheet?
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue132/tooltips132.htm
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Hot News |
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2012 Stan
Ofsthun Award - We are honored to
announce that Dr. Larry Crow was
presented the 2012 Stan Ofsthun Award by the
Society of Reliability Engineers (SRE) at the
RAMS 2012 conference. The Stan Ofsthun Award is
given for the best paper at RAMS by an SRE
member. Candidate papers receive a blind review
in the areas of originality, significance,
accuracy, applicability and clarity. Dr. Crow's
winning paper, Demonstrating Reliability
Growth Requirements with Confidence, was one
of many submitted. This marks his fourth win of
this award during his career! Dr. Crow
(instructor and consultant for ReliaSoft) will
be teaching
RS 511 - Application of Reliability Growth
Models in Developmental Testing and Fielded
Systems, May 8 - 10, 2012 in Tucson, AZ. We
hope to post his winning paper soon! Some of
this year's papers, along with papers from years past,
are currently posted online at:
http://www.weibull.com/knowledge/papers.htm
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Certified Reliability Engineer Exam at ARS - The
American Society of Quality (ASQ) is currently
working with the ARS Committee to host the CRE
exam 2 PM to 6 PM Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 in
New Orleans, Louisiana. Similar to past symposiums,
this test will precede the formal 2012 ARS North
America conference scheduled for June 13 - 15,
2012 at the
JW Marriott Hotel on Canal Street. A link to
the application for this test will be posted
soon on the ARS website at:
http://www.ARSymposium.org/northamerica/index.htm |
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ReliaSoft at
RAMS - Thanks to everyone who stopped
by our booth at the Annual Reliability and
Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) last month. It
was great seeing our old friends and making new
ones. We look forward to hearing more from you
over the course of the year! |
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Upcoming
Public Training Event Calendar |
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February 2012 |
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February 20 - 24, 2012:
MSMT Foundations
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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February 21 - 23, 2012:
RS 511 Application of
Reliability Growth Models in
Developmental Testing and
Fielded Systems
in
Bologna, Italy |
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March 2012 |
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March 12 - 16, 2012:
Effective FMEA Series (RS 470 &
RS 471)
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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March 13 - 15, 2012:
RS 522 Advanced System
Reliability / Maintainability
Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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March 19 - 21, 2012:
RS 401(C) and RS 402 Life Data
Analysis (Condensed) and Intro
to Accelerated Testing
in
Penang, Malaysia |
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March 28 - 30, 2012:
International Applied
Reliability Symposium
in
Warsaw, Poland |
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April 2012 |
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April 16 - 20, 2012:
MSMT Foundations
in
Berlin, Germany |
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April 16 - 20, 2012:
MSMT Foundations
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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April 16 - 20, 2012:
RS 540 Reliability and
Maintainability Analysis for
Repairable Systems
in
Jakarta, Indonesia |
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April 24 - 26, 2012:
RS 480 RCM Principles and
Applications
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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