Maintenance Root Cause Analysis

Investigating the 'why' behind equipment failures to drive corrective action.

Mean Time to Detect (MTTD)
8 hrs

Avg. time to diagnose issue

Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR)
16 hrs

Avg. time to implement fix

Repeat Failure Rate
15%

Failures recurring within 30 days

Pareto Analysis of Failure Modes

Failure Mode Frequency
Identifying the "vital few" failures that cause the majority of problems (80/20 rule).

Root Cause Investigation Tools

Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram
A visual tool for brainstorming potential causes of a problem.
Problem: Equipment Failures
Manpower
Method
Machine
Material
Measurement
Failures by Asset
Root Cause Distribution