Root Cause Analysis - Solution For A Bad Actor

As it pertains to a manufacturing or production facility, a “Bad Actor” is a problem that has repeated itself enough times, or was severe enough one time, that it surfaces on a Pareto chart as one of the worst offenders in the plant for lost production or high costs.

An analysis of a facility’s “Bad Actors”, coupled with a thorough Root Cause Analysis process, can yield great returns to the bottom line for an organization willing to invest the time and resources to eliminate these Bad Actors.