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by Bob Latino
Updated: April 4, 2023Optimizing RCA and FMEA in Health Care
Reading Time: 12 minutes “Failure Mode and Effect Analysis” (FMEA) and “Root Cause Analysis” (RCA) are becoming commonplace terms in work environments and in the literature. This article will
by Bob Latino
Updated: December 1, 2023Defining Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Reading Time: 7 minutes In this blog, I discuss the RCA definition I used as a career analyst/investigator and explain why it makes sense to me. You decide if
by Bob Latino
Updated: December 11, 20233 Steps to Improve Your Root Cause Analysis
Reading Time: 5 minutes There are various ways for us to improve our root cause analysis and take our reliability to the next level. Reliability professionals could do RCAs
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022The 5 Reasons Why Most RCA Efforts Fail to Have a Lasting Impact
Reading Time: 5 minutes Most of us have all worked at places with some degree of an ‘RCA’ effort. They likely all defined and practiced ‘RCA’ differently, but nonetheless
by Bob Latino
Updated: July 31, 2023The PROACT® Approach to RCA
Reading Time: 9 minutes Chapter 1: Is All RCA the Same? An RCA myth shared by many managers is that RCA methods are all the same, when in fact
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022Is There Really a Direct Correlation Between Reliability & Safety?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Safety is often directly correlated with system or component reliability. Is that really the case? Find out what the experts and their data really says.
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 20223 Steps To Make RCAs More Impactful For Your Managers
Reading Time: 10 minutes If managers knew what the overall power of a well supported Root Cause Analysis (RCA) effort meant for their bottom-line, they would be breaking down
by Bob Latino
Updated: October 27, 2023How to Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA)?
Reading Time: 11 minutes 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,
by Bob Latino
Updated: February 11, 2022The Secrets of How To Be a Good Reliability Engineer
Reading Time: 8 minutes What does it take to be a good Reliability Engineer? Learn how to better utilize RCA thinking, develop Reliability habits, and how to build a
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
by Bob Latino
Updated: November 16, 2023The 4 Physical Failure Mechanisms of Component Failure: The Basics (Part I)
Reading Time: 3 minutes This article is directed at those ‘first responders’ who arrive immediately at the failure scene. These are the people who have to ensure the area
by Bob Latino
Updated: November 16, 2023Part III: The 4 Basic Physical Failure Mechanisms of Component Failure: Overload
Reading Time: 3 minutes Author’s Note: I want to reiterate that this Series about reading the basic fracture surfaces, is for novices who often first come into contact with