Many companies and organizations have been on the reliability journey for a number of years, while others are just beginning. There are many elements of a solid reliability program – establishing a reliability centered culture, tracking key metrics, bad actor elimination programs and establishing equipment reliability plans – to name a few. But, one key element to a solid reliability program, and one that is very important to improving unit reliability metrics, is root cause failure analysis (RCFA). Historically, various methods have been used over time to assist in RCFA – Why Tree Analysis, 5-Whys, and Fishbone Diagrams. However, one common tool to facilitate and document the RCFA is a Cause Map, or Cause and Effect Diagram. Cause Mapping is a very flexible platform, which allows utilization for any type of failure investigation, regardless of equipment type, industry, or complexity. Cause Mapping starts with a primary effect – where the...
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