Resources
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.
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 is part one of a three part article that will explain the most effective way of populating these four columns. It will explain the Severity Rating.
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 FMEAs to create profits and not paper. Note: Originally published in Quality Digest.
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 in managing manufacturing risk.
The Case Against the AIAG-VDA Design FMEA
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 in managing design risk. Note: Published in Quality Digest, January 31, 2018.
Why Receiving Should Always Be Included in Process FMEA
If you have attempted and Process FMEA class in your lifetime there is a high likelihood that the instructor has told you to “assume everything from the supplier has been received in spec”. Your experience tells you this is not true in the manufacturing plant. It is not true for Process FMEAs either and this video will explain why.
