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 ...

Nothing is more frustrating for a fleet than bringing a truck back to a shop for a recurring problem. Given the cost of downtime, fleets expect repairs to be made correctly the first time. Yet, there ...

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 ...

Objective. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a simulation method of conducting investigation of the causality of adverse surgical outcomes. Design. Six hundred and thirty-one closed ...

Natalie Gross is a freelance journalist and podcast producer based in the Washington, D.C., area. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Georgetown University. The morning of Aug. 16, 2019 began ...

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 ...

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 ...

An accident must occur before root cause analysis can be performed, making it a reactive versus a proactive tool when it comes to improving safety. When accidents happen, organizations analyze them to ...

A few decades ago, simply knowing how your business was performing was a competitive advantage. Before computers, tracking and analyzing, even a handful of business metrics required dozens of people.