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Apollo Associated Services Adds Middle East Office

Midland, MI - To better serve clients with operations throughout the Middle East, Apollo Associated Services has added a new office in Cyprus. With offices already in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Scandinavia, South America and the U.S., this extends Apollo’s global reach and increases its localized presence.

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Root Cause Analysis Principles

1) If you do not find and correct the root cause of a failure it will hit you (likely in a vulnerable spot) again!

2) If the same undesired event happens more than once, you have a programmatic deficiency.

3) The root cause is defined by the culture or philosophy of the organization seeking the root cause.

4) Root cause analysis starts out as a reactive process and after it is fully understood, it becomes a proactive process.

5) If an organization seeks answers honestly and with integrity, the root cause can always be found.

6) Dereliction of duty, or lack of attention, are the only personnel performance problems which are not programmatic in nature.

7) The use of disciplinary action as a learning experience does not instill a sense of ownership or quality.

8) Use experts to solve technical problems; use peer-to-peer interviews and peer review committees to solve personnel performance issues.

9) In simply satisfying the need to be needed, you will prevent more personnel problems than any other act.

Tip provided by: Jack Nicholas Jr., Author of Root Cause Analysis

Apollo Associated Services to Host Root Cause Analysis Symposium

Root cause analysis users can help achieve business objectives and improve RCA programs by building knowledge and skills at the Apollo Root Cause Analysis Symposium, September 16-17, 2010 in Indianapolis. Apollo RCA experts and practitioners from a wide range of industries and disciplines will present and share best practices. A two-day Apollo RCA for Practitioners course will be held prior to the symposium, September 14-15.

American Assoc of Safety Councils Endorses Apollo Associated Services Root Cause Analysis Training

The American Association of Safety Councils (AASC) has endorsed four root cause analysis (RCA) training programs offered by Apollo Associated Services. These programs utilize the structured Apollo RCA problem-solving methodology, which is widely used by corporations world-wide to eliminate and prevent problems that impact safety performance, revenues and achievement of business goals.

Reliable Manufacturing Announces New Root Cause Analysis Workshop

Change management consultancy firm, Reliable Manufacturing, has announced details of its new Root Cause Analysis Workshop. The two-day event, organised in partnership with US consultants ThinkReliability, will be held in Teesside, UK on 7th and 8th of July.

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FRACAS is an acronym for Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System

The Reliability Engineering definition of a system is:

A system is the composite of equipment and skills, and techniques capable of performing or supporting an operational role, or both. A

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Titanic Root Cause Analysis

This is an example of a root cause analysis for the loss of the Titanic using the Cause Mapping method. There are several important lessons within the Titanic disaster that show organizations how to reduce risk and improve reliability of systems within their business. There is more to it than just hitting the iceberg.

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5 Whys Root Cause Analysis Problem Solving Tool

The 5 Whys is one of the simplest problem solving tools used in Lean manufacturing and Lean offices. This presentation shows how to use the 5 Whys, and what to watch out for. Created and presented by Jeff Hajek of Velaction Continuous Improvement.

Improving on the Fishbone Effective Cause-and-Effect Analysis

In 1950s Japan, Kaurou Ishikawa became one of the first to visually lay out the causes of a problem. His fishbone, or "Ishikawa Fishbone," helped visually capture a problem's possible causes and,ltimately, has become a standard in corporate-quality and Six-Sigma programs. It begins with a problem, then identifies possible causes by separate categories that branch off like the bones of a fish. Its categories-typically including materials, methods, machines, measurement, environment and people-can be modified to better match a particular issue.

Pumps and Systems Announces Winner and Finalists for First Annual Success Story of the Year Award

Pumps & Systems Magazine proudly announces the winner and finalists for its first Success Story of the Year Award. International Paper won this year’s award for its solution to a white water pump on a paper machine that showed high vibration levels since it was installed in the late 1970s. Hitachi America Ltd., Corrosion Fluid Products Corp. and The Gorman Rupp Company were this year’s finalists. The winner and finalists are featured in the July 2009 issue of Pumps & Systems.

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Reliability-Centered Maintenance and Root Cause Analysis

As plants around the world strive to reduce maintenance costs and prevent incidents and accidents, they often turn to various reliability tools to speed the road to improvement. Reliability tools first help identify where losses are, then develop procedures to mitigate the losses and, thus, improve equipment reliability and performance.

3 Steps and 3 Tools that Organize and Improve Your Problem Solving Capability

Basic Elements of a Comprehensive Investigation
By Mark Galley, ThinkReliability

The terms failure analysis, incident investigation, and root cause analysis are used by organizations when referring to their problem solving approach. Regardless of what it’s called there are three basic questions to every investigation: 1 - What’s the problem(s)? 2 - Why did it happen (the causes)? and 3 - What specifically should be done to prevent it.

Prevention or Blame? What is the goal of your Organization?

Solving problems effectively is part of being an effective organization. The individuals and groups that tackle problems in organizations today sometimes inadvertently focus on the people or departments involved rather than the specific causes of the problem. This creates an organizational culture that focuses more on blaming other groups and individuals than preventing problems from occurring.

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Apollo Associated Services Adds Middle East Office

Root Cause Analysis Principles

Apollo Associated Services to Host Root Cause Analysis Symposium

American Assoc of Safety Councils Endorses Apollo Associated Services Root Cause Analysis Training

Reliable Manufacturing Announces New Root Cause Analysis Workshop

Establishing A Problem Solving Process In Your Company

BP/Transocean Deepwater BOP Control Systems - A Look at Reliability Issues

Breakdown Information Sharing Table

FRACAS is an acronym for Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System

Improving the Fishbone Diagram - Better Cause-and-Effect Analysis

Titanic Root Cause Analysis

Cause and Effect Diagram Training Video

5 Whys Root Cause Analysis Problem Solving Tool

Improving on the Fishbone Effective Cause-and-Effect Analysis

Pumps and Systems Announces Winner and Finalists for First Annual Success Story of the Year Award

New Root Cause Analysis E-learning Course

The Navy’s Nuclear Work Model applied to the Concorde Crash July-2000

Reliability-Centered Maintenance and Root Cause Analysis

3 Steps and 3 Tools that Organize and Improve Your Problem Solving Capability

Prevention or Blame? What is the goal of your Organization?