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As another well-known acronym has saturated industry today, it has been retired to the pasture of “dilution” farm. The term RCA is used to cover such a spectrum of meanings and significance, that the term itself has become de-valued. Can the value that RCA once stood for be revived to obtain the benefits that it is capable of producing?

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The Problem:  “We had experienced nine catastrophic failures of our lance carriage assemblies in the Basic Oxygen Furnaces (BOF) at an approximate cost of $250,000 each…”

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In our last post, we discussed why you need a digital strategy. Now, let’s talk about what it takes to create one.  While there are many forms a  plan can take, I believe there are 5 key elements to  any successful digital strategy.

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A turbine in a refinery fails catastrophically. The adrenaline is flowing as efforts to recover and get back on-line are taking place. Even though turmoil appears rampant there is an air of organization. The magnitude of the failure prompts a Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), primarily because the loss is high and the insurance companies and the lawyers are involved.

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Oftentimes we are sent to attend classes on various topics where the material is applicable to our work situation. However, we know deep inside that even though we know this material is applicable and can make our lives easier, our management will never allow us the latitude to implement it. This article will strive to convey our experience with how

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Why does our Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) dictate that equipment is an asset and our employees are liabilities? How come during the Re-Engineering era we did cut a certain % of the working population and not a % of the equipment? What is the value of intellectual capital in your organization?

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Try this easy to use calculator to see how much money is spent on Chronic Failures. Learn what is costing you the most then fix the ROOT of the problem rather than treating the symptoms.

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As in all industries, digitalization has virtually transformed the manufacturing landscape. There is not one company, plant, or site that does not make use of digital tools and programs for their reliability engineering. But, if everyone in the industry is utilizing digital tools, what gives your company or team the edge in applying these technologies in an efficient, sustainable, and

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The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has created immense excitement and promise for industrial facilities. Having connected assets that continuously monitor their own health and feed that information back in a way that is timely and actionable will drive business outcomes and help organizations achieve loftier goals. The challenge today is that many of our assets are not yet “connected”

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When is an RCA Typically Done? What about the Chronic Failures? Learn in this “Video From The Vault” how PROACT RCA works on Chronic Failures for a PROACTive Reliability Environment!

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At the root of most mechanical and system failures lurks a human cause. Insights into what to look for when solving human-caused failures are essential. Human error is generally described as behavior that goes beyond the norm. A proper definition in the context of this article is, “an action planned but not carried out according to the plan”. To find

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If we have heard it once, we have heard it a million times – “let’s do an RCA on that failure”. The problem here is that phrase will mean something different to everyone who says it. What is an RCA? That is a question even the notable experts cannot agree on. With all of this RCA “chaos”, how do we make any progress? The