Case Study: Predictive Activities – Trending Mark A. Latino President, Reliability Center Inc. mlatino@reliability.com This case history takes place in a packaging facility in Virginia... Read more
Allied Chemical Nylon Plant Case Study Mark A. Latino, President, Reliability.com Subject Matter Expert – RCA This case study took place at a nylon plant in Virginia which at the time... Read more
Event Summary: Root Cause Analysis Increases Locomotive Reliability: Amtrak instituted a program that coupled Reliability Centered Maintenance(RCM) with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to increase... Read more
Utilization of Root Cause Failure Analysis in the Investigation of Marine Deck Fitting Failures Abstract: Cracking was discovered in the openings of cargo deck tie down fittings on ships und... Read more
By Ron L. Hughes FAILURE SCENE INVESTIGATION Understanding the cause(s) of failure can sometimes seem to be a daunting task to the Failure Scene Investigator. This is completely understandab... Read more
Proactive Blindness: The Allure (and Costs) of Reaction. We always seem to have time to react, but rarely do we have time to prevent the need to react (or proact). The glory always seems to... Read more
Written by Tom Moriarty, PE, CMRP President of Alidade MER RCI was asked to provide a Root Cause Analysis on catastrophic failures to prevent Latent Root Causes and their recurrence. This ar... Read more
Ronny Johnston, Alabama Power Company, Maintenance Planner Power Magazine, Sep/Oct 2001 Recently Alabama Power Company (A Southern Company) in Parrish, AL experienced a process interruption... Read more
Mark A. Latino, President, Reliability Center, Inc. This case history takes place in a packaging facility in Virginia. The packer on module E5 was checked for vibration integrity during a pr... Read more
Abstract: As in any point in time, we are surrounded by new initiatives represented by some new acronym. We are faced with decisions as to how to improve our respective situations with all... Read more
Robert J. Latino, CEO, Reliability Center, Inc. As is typical in our manufacturing organizations, oftentimes it takes high visibility events with catastrophic consequences for a full-blown R... Read more
Root Cause Analysis Preventable Error Tools for Healthcare - How will hospitals deal with such events now that they will have to pay for them when they occur? Read more