This week on Masterminds in Maintenance, we hear from Bob Latino, who shares his best practices on root cause analysis. Bob is the CEO of Reliability Center, Inc. and is an internationally recognized author, trainer, software developer, lecturer and practitioner of best practices in the field of Reliability Engineering and specifically in Root Cause Analysis & Investigation Management. Robert J. Latino has been facilitating RCA & FMEA analyses with his clientele around the world for over 35 years and has taught over 10,000 students in the PROACT® RCA Methodology.

Bob shares his story of how he got into the maintenance industry and how his family has impacted his maintenance journey. More specifically, Bob shares everything you need to know root cause analysis. Bob argues that the 5 Whys of root cause analysis is not just asking why equipment fails, but also, involves the question of how could equipment fail.