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Root Cause Analysis for Maintenance Engineers: How to Identify, Analyze, and Eliminate Equipment Failures Step by Step - Softcover

Book 11 of 12: Maintenance Strategy & Reliability Series

Soliman, Mohammed Hamed Ahmed

 
9789403900490: Root Cause Analysis for Maintenance Engineers: How to Identify, Analyze, and Eliminate Equipment Failures Step by Step

Synopsis

Most maintenance teams don’t eliminate failures. They repeat them. A pump fails. It gets repaired. Then it fails again. A motor trips. It gets reset. Then it trips again. This is not bad luck. It is a system problem. *Root Cause Analysis for Maintenance Engineers* is a practical guide designed to help engineers move beyond temporary fixes and permanently eliminate recurring failures. Built for real industrial environments, this book explains how to: * Distinguish symptoms from real root causes * Apply a step-by-step RCA process in real situations * Analyze industrial failures using practical case studies * Avoid common RCA mistakes * Integrate RCA with FMEA and detection methods * Use Gemba thinking to validate problems in the real world This book provides a structured RCA framework, real-world examples, and a system-thinking approach to maintenance and reliability. Ideal for: * Maintenance Engineers * Reliability Engineers * Maintenance Managers * Production and Operations Engineers If you keep fixing the same problem repeatedly, you are not solving it. You are maintaining failure.

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About the Author

Dr. Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman is an internationally recognized Lean expert, lecturer in Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the American University in Cairo (AUC), executive advisor, and author of more than 150 books and scientific publications on Lean management, the Toyota Production System, quality systems, operational excellence, automotive engineering, and modern publishing systems. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the IEOM International Society and brings nearly two decades of academic, industrial, and consulting experience across manufacturing, public services, education, and infrastructure sectors. His work bridges engineering, policy, and leadership, helping organizations design systems that flow intelligently and improve continuously. Dr. Soliman has trained professionals throughout the Middle East and has worked with organizations including Princess Nourah University in Saudi Arabia and Vale Oman Pelletizing Company. He is the founder of Personal Lean Publications and continues to write on Lean transformation, industrial systems, automotive technologies, and the evolving global publishing ecosystem.

From the Back Cover

Most maintenance teams don’t eliminate failures.
They repeat them.

A pump fails. It gets repaired. Then it fails again.
A motor trips. It gets reset. Then it trips again.

This is not bad luck.
It is a system problem.

*Root Cause Analysis for Maintenance Engineers* is a practical guide designed to help engineers move beyond temporary fixes and permanently eliminate recurring failures.

Built for real industrial environments, this book explains how to:

* Distinguish symptoms from real root causes
* Apply a step-by-step RCA process in real situations
* Analyze industrial failures using practical case studies
* Avoid common RCA mistakes
* Integrate RCA with FMEA and detection methods
* Use Gemba thinking to validate problems in the real world

This book provides a structured RCA framework, real-world examples, and a system-thinking approach to maintenance and reliability.

Ideal for:

* Maintenance Engineers
* Reliability Engineers
* Maintenance Managers
* Production and Operations Engineers

If you keep fixing the same problem repeatedly,
you are not solving it.

You are maintaining failure.

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