AIAG-VDA FMEAs

Not much has changed with how FMEAs work since their inception until 2019 when the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA), Germany’s association for automotive manufacturers and suppliers issued the first edition of a joint FMEA Handbook.

The handbook is a collaboration between OEMs and Tier 1 supplier members of the two organizations. It represents the culmination of a three year project completely revising FMEA methodology. The result is one common foundation for FMEAs across the global automotive sectors represented by AIAG and VDA.

The changes to AIAG-VDA FMEAs are substantial. They typically require more time to perform, there will be a learning curve for team’s comfortable with the old RPN FMEA process and the FMEA documentation is more layered and complex. However, the added effort will yield substantially better results due to a more comprehensive analysis of the process, a deeper understanding of the inherent failure chains and a laser-focus on risk mitigation and design or process optimization.

The benefit the the new AIAG-VDA FMEAs is a common methodology worldwide and that it brings together the best FMEA practices that have been used around the globe for decades. This updated approach to FMEAs is comprehensive, analytical and fact-based.

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