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Why Receiving Should Always Be Included in Process FMEA

Why Receiving Should Always Be Included in Process FMEA Why Receiving Should ALWAYS Be In Your Process FMEA There is a lot of debate on whether or not receiving should be included in your Process FMEA. This presentation will explain why it should always be included except for one special circumstance. The [...]

The Case Against the AIAG-VDA PFMEA

The Case Against the AIAG-VDA PFMEA The Process FMEA (PFMEA) methodology found in the AIAG-VDA FMEA handbook is based on a VDA FMEA software program released in 1996. This article will explain what the AIAG-VDA PFMEA methodology is and why it will result in a PFMEA implementation that is inefficient and ineffective [...]

Get More Out Of Your FMEA

Get More Out Of Your FMEA Despite countless training classes and numerous books written on the use of FMEAs, most companies do not perceive them as powerful tools but as something that must be done to meet a quality audit or customer requirement. This article that will explain how you can use [...]

Top Ten FMEA Mistakes

Top Ten FMEA Mistakes An audit of thousands of FMEAs resulted in 30 common mistakes being identified.  This article contains the top 10 FMEA mistakes.  Nine out ten FMEAs analyzed had one or more of the top ten mistakes.

Your Supplier’s FMEAs Tell You More About Your Suppliers Than You Know

Your Supplier’s FMEAs Tell You More About Your Suppliers Than You Know Design FMEAs and Process FMEAs are point in time assessments of your supplier’s design and manufacturing processes. The design specs, design requirements and controls in your supplier’s FMEAs provide valuable insight into their ability to design and manufacture products. A [...]

How To Assign FMEA Ratings

FMEA Ratings - What They Mean And Why Most People Set Them Incorrectly Presented in conjunction with ASQ's Risk & Reliability Division, this webinar explains how to assign ratings (Severity, Occurrence & Detection) in a Process FMEA as well as the following: Most popular FMEA manuals in publication provide incorrect information on how [...]

How To Assign Process FMEA Ratings

Process FMEA Ratings - Deepening The Understanding Presented in conjunction with ASQ's Risk & Reliability Division, this webinar explains how to assign ratings (Severity, Occurrence & Detection) in a Process FMEA as well as the following: Most popular FMEA manuals in publication provide incorrect information on how to set the occurrence ratings in [...]

AIAG-VDA Handbook FMEA Methodology Demystified

AIAG-VDA Handbook FMEA Methodology Demystified If you are struggling to figure out the new AIAG VDA FMEA Handbook you are not alone.  There are countless free seminars being offered that I believe create more confusion than education.  Most of these seminars are trying to sell you something.  Some are attempting to sell software.  [...]

SAE J1739 FMEA Standard JAN2021 Series: Design FMEA and Process FMEA Timing

SAE J1739 FMEA Standard JAN2021 Series: Design FMEA and Process FMEA Timing The new SAE J1739 FMEA Standard JAN2021 DFMEA Process consists of six steps.  Due to the presence of numerous members of the AIAG VDA FMEA Handbook committee on the SAE J1739 FMEA Standard committee, there are many similarities between the [...]

Can Excel Be Used to Implement AIAG-VDA Process FMEA (PFMEA) Methodology?

Can Excel Be Used to Implement AIAG-VDA Process FMEA (PFMEA) Methodology? If you currently manufacture one component products with a simple process and use an Excel template for PFMEAs, it is going to take more time and effort to create PFMEAs using the new methodology.   The difficulty implementing PFMEAs with [...]

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