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The following articles were written by RCI consultants, colleagues and clients and editors from popular trade magazines. Most of these articles have been presented at various conferences or published in trade magazines. Some were written just because our consultants enjoy writing on particular maintenance and reliability topics and would like to share their experience and knowledge with our web visitors!

 

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The 5 Whys - Root Cause Analysis VS. Shallow Cause Analysis: Understanding the difference, and realizing the impact these processes can have on your maintenance department. By Robert J. Latino, EVP

A Foundation of Evidence: The Effectiveness of Root-Cause-Failure-Analysis - or any investigation - depends first on the evidence gathered
Interview with Robert J. Latino, SrVP Strategic Development, RCI
Written by Tim Heston, Fabricating & Metalworking Magazine, Nov/Dec 2006

Opportunity Analysis: "Panning for Gold"
By Robert J. Latino, EVP Strategic Development, RCI

Is Your Root Cause Analysis Effort Trigger Happy?
Mark Latino, SrVP Operations, RCI, Reliability Magazine - Sep/Oct 2006

The Top 10 Elements of a Root Cause Analysis Effort
Robert J. Latino, SrVP Strategic Development, RCI

Charles J. Latino's Speech Given at MARTS 2005 in Chicago
Charles J. Latino, President & Founder, Reliability Center, Inc.

Enhance The Ability To Perform Root Cause Analysis with Reliability Physics
Mark L. Latino, Reliability Center, Inc., January. 2005

Obstacles to Learning from Things that go Wrong
Robert J. Latino, Reliabilityweb.com., December 2004

What is RCA? Separating the Tools from the Methodologies
Robert J. Latino, Reliabilityweb.com., August 2004

Solving Human-Caused Failure Problems
Charles J. Latino, Reliability Center, Inc., Chemical Engineering Progress

Making ACRONYMS Work
Robert J. Latino, Reliability Center, Inc., Feb. 2004

Understanding the Basics of Grease
Ronald L. Hughes, Reliability Center, Inc., Jan. 2004

The Fate of Proaction When Economic Downturn Occurs
Robert J. Latino, Reliability Center, Inc., Oct. 2003

Analysis: RCM Versus RCA
Ronald L. Hughes, Maintenance Resources On-Line Magazine, May/Jun 2003

Eastman Chemical's Success Story
Gary Hallen & Robert J. Latino, Quality Progress, June 2003

Managing Failure Analysis
Ronald L. Hughes, Maintenance Resources On-Line Magazine, May/Jun 2003

The Evolution of the Precision Paradigm: A Consumer's Perspective
Robert J. Latino, Reliability Magazine, June 2003

Establishing A Sense of Urgency
Charles J. Latino, Reliabilityweb.com, June 2003

RCA in Action: The Space Shuttle Columbia Investigation
Robert J. Latino, Maintenance Resources On-Line Magazine, Mar/Apr 2003

The Problem with Problem Solving
Ronald L. Hughes, Plant Engineering Magazine, January 2003

Understanding the Multiple Roots of Machinery Failures
Neville W. Sachs, Sachs, Salvaterra & Associates, Inc.
published in Reliability Magazine, Vol 8 Issue 6

PROACT® for Infrared Thermographers
Robert J. Latino, IR/INFO 2001 in Orlando, FL

Failure Mechanisms and Effects Laboratory
The Impact of Failure Analysis on Engineering Practice

William C. Worsham, Maintenance Resources On-Line Magazine - Jan/Feb 2002

Reasons to Replace Equipment
Ronald Hughes, Maintenance Resources On-Line Magazine, Nov/Dec 2001

Effective Event Data Collection for Reliability Analysis
Kenneth C. Latino, President, Practical Reliability Group

 

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