ASQ pocket guide to root cause analysis / Bjørn Andersen and Tom Natland Fagerhaug.

All organizations experience unintended variation and its consequences. Such problems exist within a broad range of scope, persistence, and severity across different industries. Some problems cause minor nuisances, others leads to loss of customers or money, others yet can be a matter of life and death. The purpose of this pocket guide is to provide you with easily accessible knowledge about the art of problem solving, with a specific focus on identifying and eliminating root causes of problems. Root cause analysis is a skill that absolutely everybody should master, irrespective of which sector you work in, what educational background you have, and which position in the organization you hold. The content in this little pocket guide can contribute to disseminating this skill a little further in the world.--Publisher description.

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Title; CIP data; Contents; Figures and Tables; Introduction; Section I; Root Cause Analysis; The RCA Process; Section II; Step 1: Define the Event; Step 2: Find Causes; Step 3: Find the Root Cause; Step 4: Find Solutions; Step 5: Take Action; Step 6: Measure and Assess; Section III; RCA Example; Conclusion.

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