Palantir CEO Alex Karp is known for his outspokenness. But it's the simplest of questions that might be behind the company's ...

Getting to the root cause is not always that straightforward. Businesses are using increasingly complex items of equipment like robotics, for example. Even something that is largely done by humans can ...

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 ...

Asking “Why?” may be a favorite technique of your 3-year-old child in driving you crazy, but it could teach you a valuable Six Sigma quality lesson. The 5 Whys is a technique used in the Analyze phase ...

The harsh reality is that most tools and techniques used today to investigate organizational and programmatic failures, human performance deficiencies, equipment failures and accidents/incidents ...

Planning your next moves is pretty crucial for being productive, but it’s only helpful if those plans are well informed. To succeed, you need to understand why previous attempts at similar tasks ...

During a recent visit to a skilled nursing facility, a nurse made an insightful comment that stuck with me: “You can’t unscramble eggs.” This simple yet profound statement highlighted the difficulty ...

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, a worker died every 96 minutes from a work-related injury in 2022, a 5.7 percent increase over the previous year. Worksite fatalities and incidents ...

The 2023 ECCP re-emphasized the need for both performing a root cause analysis but equally importantly using it to remediate your compliance program. It stated, “a hallmark of a compliance program ...