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Design FMEAs Training

Learners will be able to:

  • Conduct a (traditional) Design-FMEA (DFMEA).
  • Use RPN results to prioritize risks.
  • Create action plans to reduce risks that are unacceptably high.
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Design FMEA Training

About This Course

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) techniques have been around for over 70 years. In recent years, use of FMEAs has gained popularity as a quality improvement tool. This interest is in large part due to the automotive industry and specifically its IAFT 16949 supplier requirements. Other major industries, including aerospace, medical products and electronics are also using FMEA techniques as part of their improvement and risk assessment 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 the potential liability of a process or product that does not perform as promised.

Design-FMEAs training provides step-by-step instructions on how to conduct traditional (RPN) Design-FMEAs (DFMEAs). Learners completing this training will be able to effectively participate on a Design-FMEA team and make immediate contributions to quality and productivity improvement efforts.  We also have training on Process-FMEAs, AIAG-VDA Process-FMEA’s and AIAG-VDA Design-FMEAs.

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Type of Course: Master Course (1 Training Credit/Learner)

Certificate of Completion: Yes

Continuing Education Units: 0.5 CEU’s/RU’s

Time to Complete: Approximately 5 Hours

Audience: Front Line Employees, Engineers, Quality Professionals, Managers

Prerequisites:

Languages:

  • English (EN-US)
  • Chinese (simplified) (ZH)
  • Czech (CS)
  • French (FR)
  • German (DE)
  • Italian (IT)
  • Japanese (no audio) (JA)
  • Korean (no audio) (KO)
  • Polish (PL)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (PT-BR)
  • Romanian RO)
  • Russian (RU)
  • Spanish (ES)
  • Vietnamese (no audio) (VI)

Course Objectives

  • Explain the purpose of conducting an FMEA.
  • Explain the methodology of the FMEA process.
  • Assemble an FMEA team.
  • Clarify the scope of a DFMEA.
  • Work through the 10 steps of a DFMEA.
  • Develop custom ranking scales for Severity, Occurrence, and Detection.
  • Determine which technology tools to use as aids in your DFMEA action plan.
  • Learn how to make the DFMEA into a living document.
  • Use the DFMEA establish the basis for a Control Plan.
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Course Outline

Lesson 1 | What is an FMEA?

  • Know what an FMEA is and why an FMEA is used.
  • Understand how an FMEA is conducted works on a conceptual basis.

Lesson 2 | Purpose of an FMEA

  • Understand how the systematic FMEA approach getting us to dig into the details of the product or process under study to identify potential risks.
  • Realize how an FMEA helps identify risks, prioritizes the risks relative to one another and focuses efforts on an action plan to reduce the risks.

Lesson 3 | Assembling an FMEA Team

  • Apply criteria to assemble and effective FMEA team.
  • Understand the role of a Subject Matter Expert when conducting an FMEA study.

Lesson 4 | DFMEA Start-Up

  • How to define the scope of a DFMEA.
  • How to break the study into two or more DFMEAs if the scope is too large.
  • How to use a DFMEA Scope Worksheet to clarify and communicate the scope of the study.

Lesson 5 | 10 Steps to Conduct a DFMEA

  • Step-by-step directions on conducting a DFMEA.
  • Guidance on the use of the FMEA Analysis Worksheet.
  • Techniques for customizing the Severity, Occurrence, and Detection Ranking Scales for a DFMEA.

Lesson 6 | Getting More Out of Your DFMEA

  • Tips on the best times in a product’s life cycle to conduct a DFMEA.
  • Tips on how to use the results of an FMEA to trigger continuous improvement.

Lesson 7 | DFMEA Example

  • An example of the application of a DFMEA, working through all 10 steps.

Challenge

  • An assessment of the learner’s progress in this course.
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Comments from Learners About This Course

  • Very informative. Liked the quizzes throughout to verify knowledge. Liked the full example of a design FMEA.
  • Effective teaching tool.
  • Good course and good examples to help learn the DFMEA process.
  • Great information. And even answered my main question of when you have a large number of products, where to begin.
  • This course gives me better understanding on DFMEA with clear examples.
  • The course was easy to follow and interactive enough to to keep me engaged.
  • Great amount of details and very clear examples.
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