The lack of operational accuracy is damaging much of the manufacturing industry in North America.
If you have been searching the Web using words like Reliability, Problem Solving, Maintenance, Process Safety, Lean or any of a dozen others, you will already have encountered many experts in the field.
After performing thousands of 'Root Cause Analyses', the common conclusion of these experts is that defects and errors arise, in the approximate proportions shown the the right. This accuracy of this data has been borne out by our own experience and the major reliability improvement organizations.