Assets are Equipment and Functional Locations that you can link to a Root Cause Analysis. Each RCA is linked to one or more Equipment and Functional Locations to indicate the equipment and locations that are experiencing problems.
You can link only Equipments, only Functional Locations, or both to a Root Cause Analysis. The type of asset to which you link depends on the type of situation that you are analyzing. Consider the following examples.
You want to run a Root Cause Analysis on a pump, which is always located in the same place. You link the pump's Equipment to the Root Cause Analysis.
You want to run a Root Cause Analysis on an incident that occurred at a specific plant and you aren't sure which pump was involved. You link the plant's Functional Location to the Root Cause Analysis.
You want to run a Root Cause Analysis on a pump that was previously located in another plant and has been installed in a new plant. You link both the pump's Equipment (which is already linked to the new plant's Functional Location) and the old plant's Functional Location to the Root Cause Analysis.
You want to run a Root Cause Analysis involving multiple pumps that are all experiencing similar failures. You link multiple Equipments to the same Root Cause Analysis.