RCA Principal Analysts vs Subject Matter Experts: What’s the Difference?

Laying The Groundwork This article will just focus on what are the appropriate leadership concerns for conducting an effective RCA, under…

Leveraging Foresight via Root Cause Analysis & Defect Elimination

ABSTRACT: Most associate the traditional application of RCA, with some type of undesirable outcome, that has exceeded a set threshold…

Top 5 Keys to a Proactive RCA Culture Shift

From a holistic RCA perspective... "What are the top 5 keys to focus on when trying to change a Root Cause…

How Much Money is Wasted on ‘Root Cause Analysis (RCA)’ and Why?

Properly conducted RCAs are time and resource consuming, so when we are not getting the expected ROIs from our efforts,…

Guest Blog: Adventures at SMRP19

Contributor: Bob Latino, CEO of Reliability Center Inc. I attended the SMRP19 National Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, and I’m glad I…

What Failure Pattern Do You See and How Did You Come to that Conclusion?

Name that Failure (#3)

Author: Bob Latino CEO at Reliability Center, Inc. ORIGINAL POST 6.2.17 (ID# Shaft.6.2.17) Can you identify and name this fracture pattern? How can you…

Name that Failure (#2)

Author: Bob Latino CEO at Reliability Center, Inc. ORIGINAL POST 5.24.17 (ID# TDBFP.5.24.17) This failure occurred on a turbine driven boiler feedwater pump…