About PROACT for Meridium

PROACT for Meridium is a comprehensive methodology that is used in the RCA module that allows you to conduct a root cause analysis.

The PROACT acronym consists of the following steps, where the letters that make up the acronym are capitalized:

Preserve: Team members gather and information (i.e., failure data) about an Asset's failure.
Order: The Principal Analyst:
- Defines the goals of the RCA.
- Assembles the team members who will conduct the RCA.
Analyze: Team members review and analyze the available information and then any conclusions.
Communicate: Team members submit, to the decision makers in the organization, their hypotheses about the cause of the failure and their recommendations for solutions to the failure.
Track: Team members track the success of the solutions that were implemented. A re-evaluation can be performed, as needed.

You can use these steps as a guideline for conducting a Root Cause Analysis in the RCA module, which consists of creating the data in GE Digital APM that is necessary to complete these five steps of the PROACT for Meridium methodology and implement successful solutions.

Note: You are not required to complete these steps in the exact order that they are listed above. It is important, however, that all steps of the methodology be completed. For more information, see the workflow for conducting a Root Cause Analysis.