Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis

Introduction
Increasingly, contracts are requiring FMEA's to be performed as a condition of placing the order. Also, the use of FMEA minimises the company's likely exposure to very expensive product liability claims.

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a logical technique used to identify and eliminate possible causes of failure. The technique requires a sequential, disciplined approach by engineers to assess systems, products or processes in order to establish the modes of failure and the effects of failure on the system, product or process. This is to ensure that all possible failure modes have been fully identified and ranked in order of their importance. The FMEA discipline requires the engineers to document their evaluation with regard to the failure mode, effect and criticality. The analysis work can be applied at any stage; design, manufacture, test, installation or use, but is best performed at the design stage. In a simple system the study may be performed on the total system or product but with more complex systems it may be necessary to break the product down into various sub-systems or sub-assemblies.

Also see Fault Tree Analysis

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A free copy of the Quality Management (Principles & Techniques) ISBN 0-9528391-7-2 is provided with each course.

Business Benefits

• Course delegates will be able to as a consequence of this course:
• Be aware of the aims, objectives and benefits of FMEA.
• Be aware of the other Risk Analysis techniques such as; Fault Tree Analysis, Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), PDPC.
• Identifying the most appropriate Risk Analysis tool to employ. Identify the need for completing an FMEA. Capable of interpreting for application purposes the FMEA process.
• Be capable of completing an product and process FMEA.
• Coherently answer questions regarding the FMEA.
• Provides the opportunity to make real major financial saving through QM&T's pre and post course supported assignment scheme.
• Be QM&T validated and certificated as a Risk Analyst and FMEA provider.

Who Should Attend?

• Quality Professionals and Senior Management wishing to introduce and complete an FMEA.
• Quality Auditors
• Service and maintenance Engineers
• Process Designers and Reengineers

Course Structure
Items covered include:

• Explanation of the principles of Risk Analysis
• Introduction to other Risk Analysis Techniques; Fault Tree Analysis, Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) and PDPC.
• Explanation of the principles of FMEA
• FMEA's at the design stage
• FMEA's of processes
• Case studies of typical situations and applications

Lecturers
The lecturing team is comprised of professionals who have been especially selected for their recognised knowledge and experience in the field of Risk Analysis, quality assurance training and consultancy.

Course dates and cost
See Training Courses for price list and order form for a one day course at the QM&T Training centre.