Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Excellent course, well structured and very, very well presented.~ IMI Norgren

Overview

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) enables companies to improve customer satisfaction and reduce product liability risk by anticipating and preventing defects in design and manufacture.

Companies supplying the automotive industry, or seeking compliance and registration to ISO/TS 16949, are required to use FMEA techniques to achieve product assurance, but the techniques are equally applicable to all other market sectors.

When properly applied these tools will:

• Speed up the development process and reduce the number of late changes
• Reduce the risk of project failure due to late delivery and cost overruns
• Improve customer satisfaction and reduce warranty costs

Course Objectives

This interactive and practical course will provide delegates with a basic knowledge of the FMEA methodology, how to apply it to product and process design, and demonstrates how the results of the FMEA are used to define the requirements for:

• An effective product validation plan
• An effective control plan for the manufacturing process.

Key Skills / Learning Objectives

Through the combination of interactive tutorials and workshops, our course will enable the delegates to:

• Produce an FMEA
• Fit an FMEA into the overall design process
• Communicate why the FMEA should be regularly updated

Practical workshops are designed to reinforce the discussions and topics. This style of delivery makes the course both memorable and enjoyable for participants, ensuring long-term learning.

Course Outline

• The business need for FMEA in product and process design
• FMEA methodology and defining the:
  • Customer's expectations and requirements
  • Potential failure modes
  • Consequences of failure
  • Methods of detection and prevention
  • Risk priority number (RPN)
  • Evaluating the "risk" using the RPN and prioritising areas for improvement
  • Implementing corrective actions in product and process design
  • Defining special characteristics and developing a control plan
• Case studies:
  • Product Design FMEA
  • Process FMEA

Additional Core Tools relating to the Automotive industry include: Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP); Measurement Systems Analysis; Statistical Process Control and Measurement Systems Analysis (SPC/MSA)

Who Should Attend?

• Product developers involved in developing new product introduction strategies and those concerned with 'time-to-market'.
• Manufacturing and engineering managers who need to improve manufacturing capability, predict initial product yield and improve cross-functional technical communications.
• Design engineers responsible for new product design and introduction who need to improve customer definition and manufacturing feedback.
• Quality/Reliability managers and engineers who want to facilitate an awareness and application of these tools within their organization.
• Process engineers who will be involved in formulating the manufacturing Control Plan.

Booking and Course Fees

Fees include:

• Delegate workbook, including reference information
• Training provided by qualified and experienced tutors with extensive practical management auditing experience across a variety of manufacture and service industries
• Lunch and refreshments during the day
• Certificate verifying attendance and completion of course

Variable discounts available if 2 or more delegates are booked on the same course

Please complete the booking form and return together with the relevant fee. Contact us for further information.

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