Workflow

This workflow describes the process for conducting a root cause analysis to analyze causes of failures and tracking performance of the equipment.

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Persona: Analyst

Create a new RCA Analysis and save.

Persona: Analyst

Assemble team members to perform an RCA.

Persona: Analyst

Collect data for task assignments and task management.

Persona: Analyst

Create an event diagram of all contributing factors that are possible causes of a failure event.

Persona: Analyst

View a complex logic diagram analysis of the event and all of the causes that led up to the event.

Persona: Analyst

Prove or disprove a specific hypotheses based on detailed analysis.

Persona: Analyst

Use an RCA to save as a template.

Persona: Analyst

Send the results of a comprehensive analysis report to one or more email recipients.

Persona: Analyst

Specify tracking parameters related to an asset and provide notifications when the specified criteria has been exceeded.

Persona: Analyst

When any of the conditions set as tracking items are met, the designated individuals are alerted of the poor performance via an automated email alert.

Persona: Analyst

Publish the completed analysis to enable the RCA to be viewed by all RCA users.

Persona: Analyst

Create and manage recommendations designed to improve future performance.

Go to the Manage Performance Recommendations workflow.

Persona: Analyst

Other APM Workflows provide production data from: SAP, EAM, Recommendations.