Reliability resources

Subscribe for updates
Image

by Sebastian Traeger

June 10, 2021

You Need a Digital Strategy (Part 1): Why Digital Strategy?

Reading Time: 4 minutes 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
Read More
Image

by Bob Latino

June 3, 2021

Electronic Field Data Collection: The Bridge to the Connected Plant

Reading Time: 4 minutes 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
Read More
Image

by Bob Latino

May 20, 2021

Solving Chronic Failure (Video From The Vault)

Reading Time: < 1 minutes 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
Read More
Image

by Bob Latino

May 13, 2021

Solving Human-Caused Failure Problems

Reading Time: 8 minutes 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.
Read More
Image

by Bob Latino

May 6, 2021

What is RCA? (Tools VS Methodologies)

Reading Time: 4 minutes 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
Read More
Image

by Bob Latino

April 28, 2021

Is 5-Ys A Valid RCA Tool For Significant Events? (1min Guide)

Reading Time: 2 minutes I think that 5-year olds had a lock on 5Y’s well before it became a ‘named problem solving tool’. How many times have our kids
Read More
Image

by Bob Latino

April 22, 2021

Problems Are Good!

Reading Time: 6 minutes The best organizations in the world are not the ones with all the systems and procedures, all the acronyms, or even the most up to
Read More
Image

by Bob Latino

April 15, 2021

PROACT: A Consultant’s Review

Reading Time: 5 minutes Root Cause Analysis has always been dear to my heart. The procedure involved in finding the root causes and addressing them have intrigued me greatly
Read More
Image

by Bob Latino

April 8, 2021

Can you be Proactive in a Reactive Environment?

Reading Time: 4 minutes If you are like most people who work in a manufacturing or process plant, you have a plan for your day when you arrive in
Read More
Image

by Bob Latino

April 1, 2021

How Can vs Why: What’s the Difference?

Reading Time: 9 minutes When facilitating a Root Cause Analysis (RCA), the proper questioning process will make or break the effectiveness of the entire analysis. When we hear of
Read More
Image

by Bob Latino

March 25, 2021

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) vs. Shallow Cause Analysis (SCA): What’s the Difference? (Revised 2021)

Reading Time: 17 minutes Does procedural and/or regulatory compliance with RCA guidelines ensure Operational Reliability?  Does it ensure improved Safety? Operational Reliability involves the aggregation of Equipment, Process and
Read More
Image

by Bob Latino

March 18, 2021

Are We Crazy About Mistakes?

Reading Time: 3 minutes First, a question: What is the difference between a child hitting a pitch and the ball breaking a neighbor’s window and the child throwing the
Read More