Two expectations informed end-users have of electric motor service centers are reliable best practice repairs and root cause failure analysis (RCFA) to prevent recurring failures. Service centers ...

As industries shift to automated workflows, old root cause analysis methods need modern upgrades. Failures now stem from intricate logic conflicts, data mismatches, and system integration issues — not ...

Root-cause analysis is core to problem-solving across many fields. From hospitals searching for patient safety issues to engineers diagnosing faults in complex machinery, finding the source of a ...

One new and different item laid out in the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Program (Evaluation), supplementing the Ten Hallmarks of an Effective Compliance Program from the 2012 FCPA Guidance, was ...

As semiconductor devices become smaller and more complex, the product development lifecycle grows increasingly intricate. So, from early builds to pre-qualification testing, firmware development and ...

Sakichi Toyoda created the "Five Whys" (5Ys) as a method for identifying root causes of errors or problems way back in the early years of Toyota. He claimed that by asking "why?" five times, one could ...

When conducting process improvement, Root Cause Analysis is a physical, human-centric exercise. It involves stakeholders ...

One of the biggest changes in the 2020 FCPA Resource Guide, 2nd edition, is the addition of a new Hallmark, entitled, Investigation, Analysis, and Remediation of Misconduct, which reads in full: The ...