Root Cause Analysis training

Course Name	Length
8D Problem Solving Training	2 days
8D Training \| Eight Disciplines Training	2 days
Advanced Product Quality Planning Training \| APQP Training	2 days
Automotive Functional Safety ISO 26262 Training Bootcamp	4 days
Brainstorming Training	2 days
CAPA Management Training	4 days
Clinical Trials and Pharmaceutical Root Cause Analysis Training	2 days
Design of Experiments Training \| DOE Training for Engineers	2 days
Design Verification Plan & Report Training \| DVP&R Training	2 days
DFMEA Training \| Design FMEA Training	2 days
DRBFM Training \| Design Review Based on Failure Modes Training	2 days
Fault Tree Analysis Training \| FTA Training	2 days
Fishbone Diagram Training \| Ishikawa Training	2 days
FMEA Training \| Failure Modes and Effects Analysis	2 days
FMEA Workshop \| FMEA Hands-on	2 days
FMECA Training \| Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis Training	2 days
FRACAS Training, Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Actions Systems	2 days
Functional Safety and Hazard Analysis Training	3 days
ISO 26262 Training: Automotive Safety	2 days
PFMEA Training \| Process FMEA Training	2 days
PPAP Training \| Production Part Approval Process	2 days
Problem Solving Training Certificate	2 days
QFD Training \| Quality Function Deployment Training	2 days
Root Cause Analysis for Manufacturers	2 days
Root Cause Analysis Training	3 days
Root Cause Analysis Training Crash Course	4 days
Root Cause Analysis Training for Beginners	2 days
Root Cause Analysis Training For Engineers	2 days
Root Cause Analysis Training For Healthcare Professionals	3 days
Root Cause Analysis Training for Non-Engineers	2 days
Root Cause Analysis Training for Supervisors	2 days
Root Cause Analysis Workshop \| RCA Implementation \| RCA Workshop	3 days
Statistical Process Control Training \| SPC Training	2 days

Root Cause Analysis Training

Root cause analysis (RCA) is a methodology that comes from the quality assurance and improvement fields.

Organizations ranging from high profile companies to federal agencies (like the U.S. Department of Defense) now use RCA to help resolve issues. Even security firms are now turning to RCA.

There are in fact numerous case studies that prove the efficacy of root cause analysis when done correctly.

RCA assumes that systems and events are interrelated. An action in one area triggers an action in another. By tracing back these actions, you can discover where the problem started and how it grew into the symptom you’re now facing.

Most specialists in root cause analysis identify three basic types of causes:

Organizational causes – A system, process, or policy that people use to make decisions or do their work is faulty (for example, no one person was responsible for vehicle maintenance, and everyone assumed someone else had filled the brake fluid).
Physical causes – Tangible, material items failed in some way (for example, a car’s brakes stopped working).
Human causes – People did something wrong, or did not do something that was needed. Human causes typically lead to physical causes (for example, no one filled the brake fluid, which led to the brakes failing).

When using the RCA approach it’s important to review all three types of causes. This involves investigating the patterns of negative effects, finding hidden flaws in the system, and discovering specific actions that contributed to the problem. This often means that RCA reveals more than one root cause.

You can generally use RCA in just about any situation. Of course good judgment is involved in determining how far to go in an RCA investigation.

In theory, you could continue to trace the root causes back a thousand years or more, but the effort would serve no useful purpose. Be careful to understand when you’ve found a significant cause that can, in fact, be changed.

Root Cause Analysis Training Courses by Tonex

Tonex offers more than 30 courses in Root Cause Analysis. Many of the courses focus on the fundamentals of Root Cause Analysis tailored to specific user groups, such as:

Other Root Cause Analysis courses focus more on specific training topics such as the 2-day Statistical Process Control Training course or the 2-day Design Verification Plan & Report Training course.

There are even classes where the focus is on particular tools used in Root Cause Analysis:

The courses cover a wide range of topics including how RCA can be helpful in such areas as:

Major accidents
Everyday incidents
Minor near-misses
Human errors
Maintenance problems
Medical mistakes
Productivity issues
Manufacturing mistakes
Environmental releases
Risk analysis, risk mapping

Participants also learn how RCA can be beneficial for:

Identifying the burdens and the root causes of problems in order to coming up with permanent solutions
Enabling to establish a rational methodology to problem-solving, by utilizing the available data
Exploring the current and future needs for organizational improvement
Developing repeatable, step-by-step protocols, in which one process verifies the results of another.

The various RCA approaches are also covered. Attendees learn about:

–The “5-Whys” Analysis

–Barrier Analysis

–Change Analysis

–Causal Factor Tree Analysis

–Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

–Fishbone Diagram or Ishikawa Diagram

–Pareto Analysis

–Fault Tree Analysis

Why Choose Tonex?

Tonex has been conducting Root Cause Analysis training throughout the world since 1993. The world class instructors at Tonex have trained engineers, managers and technicians on how to effectively solve problems using a variety of Root Cause Analysis tools and techniques.

We have clients from organizations, agencies and companies large and small. Many of our customers are repeat clients. One reason is that at Tonex we tailor courses to your group’s specific needs.

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Root Cause Analysis Training