Intermittent Failures, Challenges and Strategies Involved with Finding Root Cause

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Konkol
Keyword(s):  
Root Cause ◽  
Challenges And Strategies

Abstract It is often difficult to find the root cause of motherboards that exhibit intermittent failures. This is due to irregularity and inconsistency. When failures occur at irregular intervals or symptoms are inconsistent, it poses challenges to effectively discovering root cause. This article presents strategies that can be used to analyze motherboards that involve failure irregularity, symptom inconsistency, or both. It also discusses the challenges faced in the analyses.

Application Of Electron Microscopy To Automotive Finish Defect Analysis

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-259
Author(s):  
Martin J. Mahon ◽  
Patrick W. Keating ◽  
John T. McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Zero Tolerance ◽  
Polymeric Materials ◽  
Plant Management ◽  
Defect Analysis ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Cutting Out ◽  
Foreign Materials ◽  
Automotive Finish

Coatings are applied to appliances, instruments and automobiles for a variety of reasons including corrosion protection and enhancement of market value. Automobile finishes are a highly complex blend of polymeric materials which have a definite impact on the eventual ability of a car to sell. Consumers report that the gloss of the finish is one of the major items they look for in an automobile.With the finish being such an important part of the automobile, there is a zero tolerance for paint defects by auto assembly plant management. Owing to the increased complexity of the paint matrix and its inability to be “forgiving” when foreign materials are introduced into a newly applied finish, the analysis of paint defects has taken on unparalleled importance. Scanning electron microscopy with its attendant x-ray analysis capability is the premier method of examining defects and attempting to identify their root cause.Defects are normally examined by cutting out a coupon sized portion of the autobody and viewing in an SEM at various angles.

Root Cause Analyses of Suicides of Mental Health Clients

Crisis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 316-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Gillies ◽  
David Chicop ◽  
Paul O'Halloran
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Communication Problems ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mental Health Clients ◽  
Imminent Risk

Abstract. Background: The ability to predict imminent risk of suicide is limited, particularly among mental health clients. Root cause analysis (RCA) can be used by health services to identify service-wide approaches to suicide prevention. Aims: To (a) develop a standardized taxonomy for RCAs; (b) to quantitate service-related factors associated with suicides; and (c) to identify service-related suicide prevention strategies. Method: The RCAs of all people who died by suicide within 1 week of contact with the mental health service over 5 years were thematically analyzed using a data collection tool. Results: Data were derived from RCAs of all 64 people who died by suicide between 2008 and 2012. Major themes were categorized as individual, situational, and care-related factors. The most common factor was that clients had recently denied suicidality. Reliance on carers, recent changes in medication, communication problems, and problems in follow-through were also commonly identified. Conclusion: Given the difficulty in predicting suicide in people whose expressions of suicidal ideation change so rapidly, services may consider the use of strategies aimed at improving the individual, stressor, support, and care factors identified in this study.

Root Cause analysis of SG tube ODSCC indications within the tube sheets of NPP biblis unit A

2011 ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
R. Kilian ◽  
J. Beck ◽  
H. Lang ◽  
V. Schneider ◽  
T. Schönherr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Root Cause Analysis ◽  
Cause Analysis ◽  
Root Cause

Racism revisited with a new approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
Yann A. Meunier
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Transmissible Disease

Racism is a scourge which has plagued societies for centuries. Its root cause can be found in the fear of others. Some authors have considered it as a mental disorder in its more severe forms. We approach it from a novel and highly actionable angle by comparing it to a transmissible disease, candidiasis, with which racism holds many essential similarities that we outline in details. We also suggest various ways to eradicate and mitigate racism through practical action plans.

Rule Construction and its Execution for Root Cause Analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 132 (10) ◽  
pp. 1689-1697
Author(s):  
Yutaka Kudo ◽  
Tomohiro Morimura ◽  
Kiminori Sugauchi ◽  
Tetsuya Masuishi ◽  
Norihisa Komoda
Keyword(s):  
Root Cause Analysis ◽  
Cause Analysis ◽  
Root Cause
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