You’ve heard of probable cause. You’ve found the root causes of problems. But what is plausible cause, and why should we care? After all, plausible cause isn’t even an entry in my favorite dictionary ...

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 ...

When conducting process improvement, Root Cause Analysis is a physical, human-centric exercise. It involves stakeholders standing around a whiteboard, drawing Ishikawa diagrams, and asking the Five ...

The interrelated final standards on quality management issued in June 2022 by the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board and Accounting and Review Services Committee are intended to clarify and improve ...

Just as risk assessment is the bedrock for an effective compliance program, root cause analysis (“RCA”) similarly underpins successful remediation of compliance violations. The DOJ’s March 2023 ...

This article has been taken from the latest Fleet News safety special report Sound - and safe? It is sponsored by DriveTech, Optix and Quartix Keeping a record of the number of collisions company ...

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 ...

Three weeks after a massive IT outage brought the world to its knees, CrowdStrike has just unveiled a detailed Root Cause Analysis report. The July 19 systems crash left an indelible mark, causing ...

A new PCAOB spotlight report provides staff observations regarding the potential positive impact of performing a root cause analysis on the quality of audits performed by PCAOB-registered public ...

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 ...