Root Cause Analysis

Join Zillery Fortner, Product Advisor for QA/RA Life Sciences at Honeywell, as she goes below the surface to provide insight into the tools needed to conduct an effective RCA.

Root cause analysis (RCA) is an essential method of problem-solving used to isolate and identify concerns. Unfortunately, it is often a retrospective assessment to focus on vulnerabilities. Companies still skip or inadequately perform the RCA process and are faced with numerous challenges:

• Limited time to focus on the right things
• Using the wrong RCA tool, so investigations are stopped prematurely
• A poor corrective action process without a systematic approach
• Ineffective training and lack of skills and experience