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The Case Against the AIAG-VDA DFMEA The Design FMEA (DFMEA) 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 DFMEA methodology is and why it will result in a DFMEA implementation that is inefficient and ineffective [...]
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 [...]
Design FMEA Ratings The Design FMEA helps companies effectively manage design risk. To accomplish this task, the Severity Rating, Occurrence Rating, Detection Rating and Class column must be properly populated for every line of the Design FMEA. This article that will explain the most effective way of populating these four columns. [...]
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.
Measuring Risk in the Automotive Design Process IATF 16949:2016, the automotive international quality standards, requires the use of “Risk-based Thinking” in the management of any process that has an impact on product quality. This paper defines the key steps that must be taken to effectively implement of “Risk-based Thinking” in the design process. [...]
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 [...]
Design 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 Design FMEA as well as the following: The importance of the Class column How to use the Design FMEA to prioritize design problems [...]
How To Use DFMEAs To Improve Software Design Presented in conjunction with ASQ's Risk & Reliability Division, this webinar explains how to use DFMEA to improve software design. The Design FMEA (DFMEA) has been used for many years to manage hardware design risk. This has led to improvements in hardware designs and increased efficiency [...]
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: DFMEA Process Step One 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 SAE J1739 DFMEA [...]
