3-Day VIRTUAL Euifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting & TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Course
Do you need to efficiently and effectively find the root causes of equipment failures to end your unplanned outages?
Is your equipment reliability program basically a fire department?
Does an economic downturn mean that only best-in-class performers survive?
Imagine the downtime prevented and money saved by using true first-time fixes and NOT having repeat equipment failures. If this sounds interesting (and worthwhile), then Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting & TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis is for you.
Equifactor® Troubleshooting Techniques are based on the work of the late equipment reliability expert Heinz Bloch and capture how Best-in-Class Performing organizations think differently about their equipment and systems.
In three days, you will learn:
- How to use Equifactor® Troubleshooting Tables to fix equipment failures
- Going beyond troubleshooting to find the real, fixable root causes of failures
- Maintenance and operational best practices
- Holistic, proactive system reliability techniques to ELIMINATE the reasons (plural) equipment failures occur
The tools you will learn include:
- Equifactor Troubleshooting Tables – a proven guide to resolving equipment issues. Use data, not assumptions.
- Troubleshooting Strategy – create a plan to capture all symptoms and potential causes while preserving data.
- Failure Modes/Agents – Learn the four ways physical parts fail. Build clear narratives; failures rarely occur in isolation.
- Custom Tables – Equifactor® works best with custom tables. If none exist, build them to capture your machine experts’ knowledge, create clear training documents for new troubleshooters, and cut troubleshooting time in half by structuring the process.
- Proactive Improvement – Solutions should prevent recurrence. Address failures so problems stay fixed.
- Change Analysis – Compare current and past performance to identify what’s different and clarify how failures occur.
- Root Cause Tree Diagram – Identify root causes of equipment failures, including those involving people.
- Developing Effective Fixes – Use the Corrective Action Helper® Guide to create practical solutions to root causes.
Equifactor® Troubleshooting equips maintenance technicians, equipment reliability specialists, maintenance managers, and non-equipment expert investigators with practical tools to boost equipment performance and reliability. By mastering these best-in-class questions and techniques, you’ll strengthen your expertise and stand out in your field.
