Bob Latino

Bob is co-author of numerous articles and has led seminars and workshops on FMEA, Opportunity Analysis and RCA, as well as co-designer of the award winning PROACT® Investigation Management Software solution. He has authored or co-authored six (6) books related to RCA and Reliability in both manufacturing and in healthcare and is a frequent speaker on the topic at domestic and international trade conferences. Bob has applied the PROACT® methodology to a diverse set of problems and industries, including a published paper in the field of Counter Terrorism entitled, “The Application of PROACT® RCA to Terrorism/Counter Terrorism Related Events.”

Bob Latino Articles

by Bob Latino

Updated: January 5, 2022

‘Fantasy’ Maintenance: The Illusion of Best Practices

Reading Time: 4 minutes The following article was published in Plant Services earlier this year with the title, “Don’t get stuck in reactive mode – The world of fantasy

by Bob Latino

Updated: May 2, 2024

Fatigue & Overload: Part II, 4 Mechanisms of Component Failure

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author’s Note: I want to reiterate that this Series about reading the basic fracture surfaces, is for novices who often come into contact with such

by Bob Latino

Updated: April 23, 2024

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Management Best Practices

Reading Time: 8 minutes RCA management is a structured and methodical approach to problem-solving, and it helps organizations learn from their mistakes and continuously improve their processes and systems

by Bob Latino

Updated: January 5, 2022

Trending Data Is Important to Predictive Activities

Reading Time: 4 minutes This case history takes place in a packaging facility in Virginia. The packer on module E5 was checked for vibration integrity during a pre-machine care

by Bob Latino

Updated: March 14, 2024

Saving $1 Million for Inland Steel

Reading Time: < 1 minute For some time now, Inland Steel has been committed to improving the reliability of our plant operations as a way to reduce costs, downtime and

by Bob Latino

Updated: November 17, 2023

Accepting We Could Be Part of the Problem

Reading Time: 6 minutes Abstract: No matter where we work, we will experience failures or ‘undesirable outcomes’ of some kind. As long as we work with other humans, this will indeed