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What is FMEA? Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is a step-by-step approach for identifying all possible failures in a design, a manufacturing or assembly process, or a product or service.
Every product or process is subject to different types or modes of failure and the potential failures all have consequences or effects. A failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is way to:
Identify the potential failures and the associated relative risks designed into a product or process
Prioritize action plans to reduce those potential failures with the highest relative risk
Track and evaluate the results of the action plans.
The purpose of FMEA is to identify the potential failures and the consequent risks designed into a product or process and take steps to minimize the risk factors and prevent possible damages.
Basic purpose of FMEA: There are many reasons - why companies want to use FMEA. There are companies that use FMEA selectively to sort out a specific problem. There are companies that wish to use FMEA more as a preventive measure to forestall likely failures. Some manufacturing companies use FMEA more as a company policy to constantly monitor and ward off or lessen failure potential.
How can FMEAs help companies improve quality and productivity?
FMEAs can be used in many different ways, but the most common FMEAs are Design-FMEAs (DFMEAs) and Process-FMEAs (PFMEAs). Design-FMEAs should be used throughout the design process - from the preliminary design to when the product goes into production. Design-FMEAs uncover potential failures associated with the product that could cause product malfunctions, shortened product life, and safety hazards to name a few. Process-FMEAs ideally should be conducted prior to starting up a new process, but are conducted on existing processes as well. Process FMEAs uncover potential failures that can impact product quality, reduce process reliability, cau
