The Visual Basics of Being An Effective Troubleshooter
March 17, 2022
This is the narrative.
My Comments
It seems to me that the speaker took proactive approach to troubleshoot a problem before the problem arose. He overlaid the current one with the reference, and see if there is any deviation.
Summary
The Goal of troubleshooting LC-MS/MS in this training:
- Isolate the specific, most likely cause of a problem
- Reduce downtime
- Reduce cost
- help service engineer to show up with the correct parts to complete your service quickly
General Troubleshooting tips:
- Visual inspection is Key
- Start by “breaking the system down”
- Having a BASELINE for all metrics is critical to proper troubleshooting
- Logbooks to track problems and solutions
- Reference values for instrument readbacks
- System suitability