Ex 15.3 - FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS (FMEA)

Overview

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) enables companies to improve customer satisfaction and reduce product liability risk by anticipating and preventing defects in design and manufacture. This ONE-DAY course introduces students to the FMEA methodology, applying it to product and process design, and demonstrates how the results of the FMEA are used to define the requirements for:-

An effective product validation plan
An effective control plan for the manufacturing process.

Companies supplying the automotive industry, or seeking compliance and registration to ISO/TS 16949 are required to use FMEA techniques to achieve product assurance, but the techniques are equally applicable to all other market sectors.
When properly applied these tools will:-

Speed up the development process and reduce the number of late changes
Reduce the risk of project failure due to late delivery and cost overruns
Improve customer satisfaction and reduce warranty costs

Key Session Topics

The business need for FMEA in product and process design
FMEA methodology and defining the:-
Customer’s expectations and requirements
Potential failure modes
Consequences of failure
Methods of detection and prevention
Risk priority number (RPN)
Evaluating the “risk” using the RPN and prioritising areas for improvement
Implementing corrective actions in product and process design
Defining special characteristics and developing a control plan
Case studies:
Product Design FMEA
Process FMEA

Benefits

Hands on experience in how to produce an FMEA
An understanding of how the FMEA fits into the overall design process and why it should be regularly updated

Who Should Attend

Product developers involved in developing new product introduction strategies and concerned with 'time-to-market'.
Manufacturing managers and engineering managers who need to improve manufacturing capability, predict initial product yield and improve cross-functional technical communications.
Design engineers responsible for new product design and introduction who need to improve customer definition and manufacturing feedback.
Quality/Reliability managers and engineers who want to facilitate an understanding and application of these tools within their organization.
Process engineers who will be involved in formulating the manufacturing Control Plan

Course Techniques

Understanding is developed through the use of tutorial sessions and practical interactive workshops and case studies, which provide the student with the opportunity to put the skills taught during the course into practice.

Follow-Up

Consultancy assistance with documentation and implementation programmes can be provided.