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| Introduction | |
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| What Is an FMEA? | |
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| The History of FMEAs | |
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| What Is the Purpose of an FMEA? | |
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| Part of a Comprehensive Quality System | |
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| FMEAs and Bottom-Line Results | |
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| Example 1 | |
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| Example 2 | |
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| Example 3 | |
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| ISO 9000, ISO/TS 16949, and FMEAs | |
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| The FMEA Process | |
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| Evaluating the Risk of Failure | |
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| Assessing the Risk Priority Number | |
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| The FMEA Team | |
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| FMEA Team Size | |
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| FMEA Team Membership | |
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| FMEA Team Leader | |
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| The Role of the Process Expert | |
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| Training the FMEA Team | |
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| FMEA Boundaries of Freedom | |
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| FMEA Scope | |
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| FMEA Start-Up Worksheet | |
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| Product/Design versus Process FMEAs | |
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| Product/Design | |
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| Process | |
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| Ten Steps for an FMEA | |
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| The FMEA Worksheet | |
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| Review the Process or Product | |
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| Brainstorm Potential Failure Modes | |
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| List Potential Effects for Each Failure Mode | |
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| Assigning Severity, Occurrence, and Detection Rankings | |
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| Assign a Severity Ranking for Each Effect | |
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| Assign an Occurrence Ranking for Each Failure Mode | |
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| Assign a Detection Ranking for Each Failure Mode and/or Effect | |
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| Calculate the Risk Priority Number for Each Failure Mode | |
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| Prioritize the Failure Modes for Action | |
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| Take Action to Eliminate or Reduce the High-Risk Failure Modes | |
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| Calculate the Resulting RPN as the Failure Modes Are Reduced | |
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| FMEA Case Study | |
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| Review the Process | |
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| Brainstorm Potential Failure Modes | |
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| List Potential Effects of Each Failure Mode | |
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| Assign a Severity Ranking for Each Effect | |
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| Assign an Occurrence Ranking for Each Failure Mode | |
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| Assign a Detection Ranking for Each Failure Mode and/or Effect | |
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| Calculate the Risk Priority Number for Each Failure Mode | |
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| Prioritize the Failure Modes for Action | |
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| Take Action to Eliminate or Reduce the High-Risk Failure Modes | |
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| Calculate the Resulting RPN as the Failure Modes Are Reduced or Eliminated | |
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| When and Where to Use FMEAs | |
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| Safety | |
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| Accounting/Finance | |
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| Software Design | |
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| Information Systems/Technology | |
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| Marketing | |
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| Human Resources | |
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| Purchasing | |
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| Creating a Process Flowchart | |
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| Brainstorming | |
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| Brainstorming Rules | |
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| Reaching Consensus on Severity, Occurrence, and Detection Rankings | |
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| Team Voting | |
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| Get the Process Expert Involved | |
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| Defer to One of the Team Members | |
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| Rank Failures and Effects within a Ranking Category | |
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| Talking It Out | |
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| Use the Higher Ranking | |
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| Examples of Custom Ranking Scales | |
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| Process Improvement Techniques | |
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| Mistake Proofing | |
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| Design of Experiments | |
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| Statistical Process Control | |
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| Team Problem Solving Using CI Tools | |
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| ISO/TS 16949 Requirements Referencing FMEAs | |
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| Alternative FMEA Worksheets | |
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| FMEA Glossary of Terms | |
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| Index | |