“Anyone who is assigned to an FMEA team, first needs to complete QualityTrainingPortal FMEA training. That way, on day 1 they will be a valuable member of the FMEA team and we get much better FMEAs as a result.“

While the concepts of FMEA are not complicated or difficult to learn and apply, training is essential to assure FMEA team members understand the process and terminology and can make valuable contributions to the project. But training is expensive and inflexible, even when done in-house with your own trainers.

Our online FMEA training courses are cost-effective and help assure that the time and effort your team spends on FMEAs translates into high quality results.

7 FMEA Courses to Choose From

AIAG-VDA FMEAS

These courses feature the 2019 AIAG-VDA Methodology now required for the automotive sector.

TRADITIONAL FMEAS

These courses feature the traditional FMEA methodology using RPNs (Risk Priority Numbers).

Traditional and AIAG-VDA Methodology

FMEAs were first established in the late 1940’s by the United States military as a way to reduce sources of variation and corresponding potential of failures in the production of munitions – and it proved a highly effective tool. The use of FMEAs spread across industries and around the world over the next 70 years and they have become a cornerstone of quality and productivity improvement.  While small evolutionary enhancements have been made to FMEAs over this time, in 2019, substantial changes were introduced as AIAG (the US Automotive Industry Action Group) and VDA (the German Association of the Automotive Industry) “harmonized” their differences for conducting FMEAs.

We offer training in both the traditional FMEA methodology and the AIAG-VDA methodology. If you are a supplier to the automotive industry, we recommend you start making the switch to the AIAG-VDA process. If your industry is not requiring that you adopt the new process, we recommend using the traditional approach to FMEAs. If you are not sure of which approach is right for you or you are considering making the switch, but it isn’t required, we suggest you take our Introduction to AIAG-VDA FMEAs course to have a better understanding of the new process.