Root Cause Analysis Tools - RCA

Meeting Business Performance Demands
Production organizations need to continuously identify and eliminate the sources of performance loss.

Eliminate the Source of Performance Loss at the Root
Ekho RCA incorporates the industry standard SOURCE™ investigation methodology for complete and consistent data collection, investigation and problem resolution.

Configurable RCA Work Flow Management Procedures
Ekho RCA structures and prioritizes corrective actions and tracks progress through completion using web dashboards to insure resources are focused appropriately.

Out-of-the-Box Enterprise Scalability
Ekho’s unique asset architecture provides an unmatched Enterprise solution for Root Cause Analysis – scalable and easily extendable.

Optimize Performance with Minimum Cost
Whatever your needs, from equipment reliability to quality to regulatory issues, Ekho RCA provides the optimum performance/cost solution available.

• Learn from experience. Solve problems the first time using ABS Consulting’s proven, straightforward, SOURCE™ investigation methodology.
• Share the knowledge throughout your organization. Create a shared RCA Knowledgebase using Ekho’s enterprise system architecture.
• Implement effective recommendations. Track implementation and assess the effectiveness of recommendations.
• Find the common problems. Identify trends across the entire organization and drill down to the component level, error type, and root cause.
• Email Notification. Stay in the know with incident notifications, recommended due date reminders, and status updates.
• Investigation tools and checklists. Leverage the knowledge of your personnel using templates, fill-in forms, ABS Consulting’s Root Cause Map™, Map guidance, and other expert-system tools.
• Targeted Reporting. Get the data you need without information overload.
• Control and security. Control over each step of the investigation, approval, and implementation process while maintaining secure access to sensitive RCA data.
• Tailored to your organization. iTi and ABS Consulting will facilitate tailoring the software to meet your organization’s specific needs minimizes the impact of deployment on the organization. No need to accept a one-size-fits-all approach.
• Training and Investigation Support. Backed by iTi and ABS Consulting’s training and on-call investigation support.

• Automated and precise logging of downtime events
• Full accountability from issue initiation to resolution
• More efficient and effective problem resolution
• Reduced Administrative requirements
• Improved asset availability and performance
• Improved visibility into operations
• Maximizing production while reducing downtime
• Elimination of recurring waste and performance losses
• Prolonged life of existing assets
• Lower operating costs and improved profitability.
• Rapid deployment, and fast time to ROI
• Lowest Cost of Product Life-Cycle Ownership