Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
(FMEA)
An ounce of
prevention…
FMEAs are preventive action techniques. The Design FMEA is done before the design is ready for release to
manufacturing. Process FMEA is completed before the first production run.
FMEAs can prevent a lot of problems that crop up in processes because the initial planning was inadequate.
Prevention is always cheaper than correction.
Go Team Go
FMEA s
are team activity. We need people from Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Purchasing and Maintenance. The departments represented on the FMEA team
will be different based on the type (Design or Process) of
FMEA.
When a FMEA is prepared by one person, instead of a team, it is almost certain to be complete. Several brains are
better than one.
It’s the worse thing that could
happen
FMEAs tell us what the risk of specific failures will
be when experienced by the customer. We use three risk-ranking categories to help determine a Risk Priority Number
(RPN).
The three risk categories are Severity,
Occurrence and Detection. Each category uses a 1 to 10 scale for ranking. Multiplying the three rankings together
gives us the RPN.
Relationship between Design and Process
FMEA
Design and Process FMEAs determine the effects a failure will have on the customer. Because the
customer should be the primary focus of any FMEA there exists a close relationship between the Design and
Process FMEA.
Learn to use Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to prevent failures and problems customers could
experience.
You can have this class presented at your business for as little a $53.00 per person. Travel
expenses not included.
Class is one day.
The course
includes:
· Introduction and overview of FMEAs
·
FMEA terms and definitions
·
Product Design FMEA
·
Design FMEA workshop
·
Process FMEA
·
Process FMEA workshop
·
Special considerations
·
CEU and RU credits are awarded
Additional Resources
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