In a previous article entitled, "What Are Problems?" we theorized that problems cannot or do not exist—at least, not in the way we've been taught to think about them. Because all we have are ...

One of the biggest changes in the 2020 FCPA Resource Guide, 2nd edition, is the addition of a new Hallmark, entitled, Investigation, Analysis, and Remediation of Misconduct, which reads in full: The ...

Sakichi Toyoda created the "Five Whys" (5Ys) as a method for identifying root causes of errors or problems way back in the early years of Toyota. He claimed that by asking "why?" five times, one could ...

Learn how root cause analysis and integrated data prevent hydropower bearing failures, reduce costly downtime, and improve ...

At an Huntsman Cancer Institute Clinic, providers are often delayed in how soon they see a patient during a new visit appointment. Typical delays (wait time) from check-in to provider page was 20 ...

Application inefficiency usually isn’t caused by a major bug. More often, it results from small oversights, technical shortcuts and misaligned processes. When these issues accumulate over time, they ...

To the average American not employed as an industrial engineer or a member of a problem-solving team at some big business, the term “root causes” would have seemed obscure until a few weeks ago. But ...