How Do You Get Started Using TapRooT® to Improve Your Root Cause Analysis?

Start where you are, with what you have.
Make something of it and never be satisfied.
George Washington Carver

When someone asks me where they should start when implementing TapRooT® to improve root cause analysis, my answer is ALWAYS:

It depends on where you are.

Your company vision makes all the difference in deciding what you need to do first to implement TapRooT® as you problem solving tool of choice.

What is your corporate vision? It is one of these three:

• Blame Vision
• Crisis Vision
• Opportunity to Improve Vision

If you don’t know about these three types of “Vision,” read about them in the TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Leadership Lessons book.

If your company looks for problems as an opportunity to improve, you are in luck! Your company has the Opportunity to Improve Vision and you have a high probability of success! You can begin with any of the “getting started” sections of the book, TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Implemention – Changing the Way Your Company Solves Problems.

There are three main places to start that are described in the book…

Chapter 1 describes the most frequently used way to start using the TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis System: “Just Do It.” This is a fast way to see the benefits that TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis provides.

Chapter 2 describes incorporating the TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Tools into an already existing improvement system. If you have implemented Lean, Six Sigma, TQM, RCM, TPM, ISO, Operational Excellence, Process Safety Management, Patient Safety, Behavior Based Safety, or HU, this might be the place that you choose to start implementing TapRooT®.

Chapter 3 describes a complete implementation of TapRooT® based on the best practices we have observed from TapRooT® Users from around the world. This guide to audit a “complete” implementation may seem complex. Perhaps that is why so many TapRooT® Users start with the simpler methods described in Chapters 1 and 2 and use Chapter 3 as their ultimate goal.

Read TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Implemention – Changing the Way Your Company Solves Problems and learn more about implementing TapRooT® at your site. Or give us a call at 865-539-2139 or contact us through our web site by CLICKING HERE to discuss your options.

But whatever you do … DON”T WAIT. Problems aren’t going to get any smaller while you wait to improve your root cause analysis.