Course Information

AIAG-VDA FMEA-MSRs Training

Learners will be able to:

  • Describe the link between FMEA-MSRs and DFMEAs.
  • Participate on an FMEA-MSR team.
  • Use MSR results to reduce risk.
AIAG-VDA FMEA MSR Training

About This Course

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) techniques have been used for over 70 (yes, SEVENTY!) years.  In recent years, use of FMEAs has gained popularity as a quality improvement tool.  Most industries are now using FMEA techniques as part of their risk assessment and risk mitigation strategies. Unlike many quality improvement tools, FMEAs do not require complicated statistics.  FMEA studies can yield significant savings for a company as well as reduce potential risks and associated liabilities of a product or process that does not perform as intended.

In 2019, AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group, www.aiag.org) and VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie, www.vda.de), two of the leading automotive trade associations, unveiled a major revision to FMEA methodology with the release of the AIAG-VDA FMEA Handbook.

This online training prepares learners to participate on the core team of an Supplemental FMEA for Monitoring and System Response (FMEA-MSR) using the 2019 AIAG-VDA FMEA Handbook. The course provides a background understanding of FMEAs, provides detailed instruction for participating on an FMEA-MSR Core Team and shows how DFMEAs and FMEA-MSRs are linked.

IMPORTANT NOTE: While the AIAG-VDA FMEA-MSRs course is in line with the AIAG-VDA FMEA Handbook, it is not intended as a replacement for the source Handbook.  We recommend that this course be used in conjunction with the official Handbook.