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Updated: April 23, 2024Understanding the Principles of Reliability
Reading Time: 8 minutes Understanding the Principles of Reliability Abstract: The Reliability Approach… “Something understood and practiced by engineers and highly specialized technicians,” is apt to be the first
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022‘De-Flate Gate’ & RCA
Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘De-Flate Gate’ & RCA Originally published on January 23, 2015
by Bob Latino
Updated: May 2, 2024Root Cause Analysis: The Justification Game
Reading Time: 4 minutes Root Cause Analysis: The Justification Game Part 2 of 2 Maintenance Solutions In last month’s introductory article, we discussed some of the barriers to selling
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Updated: April 23, 2024Root Cause Analysis: Investment or Expense?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Root Cause Analysis: Investment or Expense? Abstract: In times that promise to be a financial challenge for many corporations, we must make decisions as to where to
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022PROACTOnDemand: Collect Evidence In The Field Using Mobile Devices
Reading Time: < 1 minute PROACTOnDemand: Collect Evidence In The Field Using Mobile Devices Managing an investigation itself is often the most arduous task of conducting a Root Cause Analysis
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022What is RCA? Separating the Tools from the Methodologies
Reading Time: 5 minutes What is RCA? Separating the Tools from the Methodologies By Bob Latino, CEO, Reliability Center, Inc. Abstract: If we have heard it once, we have heard
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Updated: November 17, 2023The Keys to a High Reliability Organization: Priority, Proaction & Focus
Reading Time: 8 minutes Abstract: RCA has an image problem and needs a public relations agent to reshape its reputation in the healthcare industry! RCA is primarily viewed as a reactive
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022Corporate Memory: Capturing Employee Experience Before they Retire in the Tropics!
Reading Time: 3 minutes Corporate Memory: Capturing Employee Experience Before they Retire in the Tropics! Robert J. Latino, CEO, Reliability Center, Inc., www.reliability.com Why do our Generally Accepted Accounting
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Updated: January 5, 2022The ‘Soft Side’ of RCA: Management’s Role in ‘Effective’ Training
Reading Time: 5 minutes The ‘Soft Side’ of RCA: Management’s Role in ‘Effective’ Training By Robert J. Latino, CEO, Reliability Center, Inc. Abstract: In an era of rapidly advancing technology,
by Bob Latino
Updated: April 23, 2024Effective Root Cause Analysis Means 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
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022What is the Correlation Between Root Cause Analysis and Swiss Cheese?
Reading Time: < 1 minute What is the Correlation Between Root Cause Analysis and Swiss Cheese? As long as humans are involved in running our organizations, there will be holes
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022Why Reliability Professionals Can Frustrate the Hell Out Of Others!
Reading Time: 6 minutes Why Reliability Professionals Can Frustrate the Hell Out Of Others! I guess I am writing this just as a reality/sanity check to see if it’s