ScopeIs your plant or factory struggling with reliability issues caused by recurring equipment failures, excessive downtime, or rising maintenance costs? Are teams spending too much time “firefighting” problems instead of addressing their underlying causes?
The Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) training equips participants with the knowledge and tools to identify the true root causes of failures and prevent them from recurring. Using industry best practices and proven methodologies, such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagrams, 5-Why Analysis, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Pareto Charts, this course teaches how to conduct effective investigations and implement corrective actions that drive long-term reliability improvements.
This program is ideal for Reliability Engineers, Project Engineers, Reliability Analysts, Maintenance Engineers, Maintenance Team Leaders, Technical Engineers, and Operations & Process Engineers seeking to enhance equipment uptime, productivity, and cost efficiency.
General Course Objectives: By the end of the Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the origins and development of Root Cause Failure Analysis.
- Explain the purpose and benefits of conducting RCFA within a maintenance and reliability context.
- Apply a systematic approach to implementing RCFA processes effectively.
- Distinguish between Root Cause Failure Analysis and standard failure investigations.
- Utilise best-practice RCFA tools, such as FTA, Fishbone Diagrams, 5-Why Analysis, FMEA, and Pareto Charts, along with clear explanations and practical examples.
Course Content: - The history and evolution of Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)
- Understanding the purpose and objectives of RCFA in improving reliability and reducing failures
- Systematic steps for implementing RCFA effectively in industrial settings
- RCFA versus standard failure investigations: key differences and applications
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Best-practice tools for RCFA, including:
- Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
- Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram
- 5-Why Analysis
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Pareto Analysis (with detailed explanations and practical examples for each tool)
- Post-analysis actions: applying the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle to ensure the successful implementation of corrective measures