Genchi Genbutsu

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The liternal translation is to go and see for yourself. It means the best practice is to go see the location or process where the problem exists in order to solve the problem quickly.

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About Fred Schenkelberg

I am the reliability expert at FMS Reliability, a reliability engineering and management consulting firm I founded in 2004. I left Hewlett Packard (HP)’s Reliability Team, where I helped create a culture of reliability across the corporation, to assist other organizations.

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