The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

“The 85/15 Rule” emerged from decades of root cause analysis of service/quality breakdowns. About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. Most good performers, in a poorly designed structure, produce the results shaped by the structure.

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System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis 52

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

A form of the Miracle Question: I tried a variation with a Project Team of Aircraft Engineers. The team and I had spent 3 days working through root-cause analysis and struggling to determine what was causing a certain screw to vibrate lose during flight.

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TRIZ Team Root Cause Analysis Team Building 146

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

As a quality engineer, I am always looking for quality focused businesses. Root cause analysis. She holds a Master in Business Administration and is also a Quality Engineer certified by the American Society of Quality (ASQ). After the two months, extra meetings to follow-up on the action plan are optional.

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Deming SWOT Root Cause Analysis TRIZ 28

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Banks and lenders have predictive analytics engines that tell the lender the probability that a customer will pay them back. Housing market price changes can be more accurately predicted from analysis of Google searches than by a team of expert real estate forecasters.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent New York Times video on both disasters , one former engineer, Rodney Rocha, recalls asking why his request was rejected. ” At NASA, notes Rocha, “part of our engineering culture is that you work through your chain of command. I will regret always why I didn’t break down the door by myself.”

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Root Cause Analysis Edmondson Industry CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Engineers, for example, have saved up to 40 hours of reporting task time each month. Root cause analysis. Consider Sight Machine again: By analyzing data for patterns that occur before trouble hits, the company’s systems help manufacturing engineers anticipate and prevent problems. Uncovering Buried Insights.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Company Root Cause Analysis Engineering 8