Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)


Cost: $595

Location: EMU-Livonia, Michigan

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Develop a real-world, functional understanding of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis and learn how to prevent process problems before they occur. Use this two-day, workshop intensive seminar to identify and reduce process-related failures, save money and improve customer satisfaction.

Seminar Content

Risk and the FMEA

  • The Nature of Risk
  • The Failure Sequence
  • The FMEA Process
  • FMEA and APQP

FMEA Basics

  • The Function of the FMEA
  • FMEA Structure
  • Who is the Customer?
  • Who is the Team?
  • The FMEA as a Living Document

Mapping the Process

  • The Importance of Understanding the Process
  • Process Mapping
  • Identifying the Micro-Flow
  • Workshop: Mapping your Process Flow

Identifying Failure Modes

  • Systematically Identifying Potential Failure Modes
  • Workshop: Identifying Failure Modes

Identifying Effects

  • Systematically Identifying the Effects
  • Ranking the Severity
  • Workshop: Identifying and Ranking Effects
  • Using the FMEA to Identify Special Characteristics

Identifying Causes

  • Systematically Identifying the Causes
  • Ranking Cause Occurrence
  • Workshop: Identifying and Ranking Causes

Identifying Controls

  • Prevention vs. Detection
  • Workshop: Identifying and Ranking Detection Controls

Calculating the Risk Priority Number

  • Calculating RPN
  • Using the Rankings to Prioritize Risk Reduction

Completing the FMEA Form

  • Workshop: Calculating RPN and Completing the AIAG FMEA Form

Risk Reduction Actions

  • Reducing the Risk Through Prevention
  • Reducing the Risk Through Detection
  • Re-evaluating the Risk

Using the FMEA to Build the Control Plan

  • Workshop: Building the Control Plan from the FMEA

To request a quote for on-site training, contact:
Elena O'Connor, On-site Programs
Phone: (734) 487-4926


 
   


Eastern Michigan University
Center for Quality

103 Boone Hall
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Barbara Hopkins, Director


Phone: (734) 487-2259
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Fax: (734) 481-0509

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