Editor’s note: This article is the second in a series to help practitioners learn about the AICPA’s new quality management standards and prepare to implement them. The interrelated final standards on ...

It was an idle Tuesday when I received a call that a location in South America had finally figured out why the paper ...

Just as risk assessment is the bedrock for an effective compliance program, root cause analysis (“RCA”) similarly underpins successful remediation of compliance violations. The DOJ’s March 2023 ...

Two expectations informed end-users have of electric motor service centers are reliable best practice repairs and root cause failure analysis (RCFA) to prevent recurring failures. Service centers ...

The interrelated final standards on quality management issued in June 2022 by the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board and Accounting and Review Services Committee are intended to clarify and improve ...

When there’s a major systems outage or performance issue, IT teams come to the rescue to restore services as quickly as possible. Some IT organizations follow IT service management (ITSM) incident ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board wants accounting firms to get to the root of their problems. Processing Content In a new report, "Root Cause Analysis – An Effective Practice To Drive ...

AI agents are now merging wearable sensor data with historical incident logs to automate root-cause analysis and transform reactive safety into proactive prevention.

From HCFA-1500 paper forms to X12 837P electronic submissions, understanding claim requirements is key to avoiding costly denials. With denial rates at record highs, providers must blend form accuracy ...

Failure to pinpoint cause of breaches leaves many organizations wide open to further attacks. Resource shortages, firefight pressure, planning issues, and lack of post-incident follow-up to blame.

As industries replace manual processes with automated workflows, root cause analysis (RCA) is being retooled to address software-driven operations. Failures now often stem from flawed logic, ...