How to Conduct FMEA – The 7-Steps Approach

Detailed Analysis and Deployment

System Analysis (Steps 1-3)

Project Definition: Develop a project plan (5Ts: Target, Timing, Team, Tasks, Template).
Structure Analysis: Visualize system, subsystem, and component relationships (structure tree, block diagram).
Functional Analysis: Define functions, requirements, and parameter diagrams (P-Diagram).

 

Failure Analysis & Risk Mitigation (Steps 4-6)

Failure Chain Development: Identify potential failure effects, modes, and causes.
Risk Assessment: Evaluate severity, occurrence, and detection for each failure chain to determine the Action Priority (AP).
Optimization: Assign preventive and detective controls, implement actions, and assess their effectiveness.

 

Risk Communication (Step 7)

Documentation of Results: Record all analysis results, actions taken, and risk assessments (FMEA Documentation, Cover Sheet).
Special Characteristics Identification: Prepare customer-specific reports and develop the Special Characteristics Matrix.