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by Bob Latino
Updated: April 23, 2024How to Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA)?
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Understanding the reasons behind a company’s struggles isn’t always about not knowing how to fix them. Often, the true origins of these problems are hidden, and that’s why conducting a root cause analysis is so important for good leadership within an organization. When I give speeches around the world, I often poll my audiences about how they define ‘RCA’. The
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022Why Trending Data is Important
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Why Trending Data is Important Case Study: Predictive Activities – Trending {{cta(‘236ffbef-9183-4718-9aa0-b9b2e33e85c9’)}} 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 evaluation. A problem was detected in the folding arm gearbox. The frequency characteristics indicated a bearing was deteriorating. This seems very straight
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022‘De-Flate Gate’ & RCA
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‘De-Flate Gate’ & RCA Originally published on January 23, 2015
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022Is System’s Thinking Critical to Root Cause Analysis’s (RCA) Success?
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Is System’s Thinking Critical to Root Cause Analysis’s (RCA) Success? Put another way, can RCA be successful without the incorporation of system’s thinking? What prompted this question was that according to Drs. Leveson and Dekker in their 2014 paper Get To The Root of Accidents, systems thinking is not currently utilized in the application of RCA. In this paper they cite: