PathMaker Project: FMEA Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

Realise potential failures - perform preventive action - save money and increase customer satisfaction; this is the success formula of FMEA. PathMaker is a software tool that contains next to a lot of other features a template for FMEA which you can modify to meet your needs.

FMEA Failure Mode and Effects Analysis - a Sample Form

The content of the columns 1 - 18 is explained below.

1	Items	What is the process step, or product characteristic?
2	Failure Modes	How can the process or product fail?
3	Occurrence	Likelihood of occurrence of a failure scaled 1 to 10
4	Failure Effects	What happens when such a failure occurs?
5	Severity	Severity of a failure scaled 1 to 10
6	Failure Causes	What could cause a failure?
7	Current Controls	How do we prevent failure now?
8	Detectability	Likelihood of detection of a failure scaled 1 to 10
9	RPN	Risk Priority Number
10	Recommended Actions	Outline improvements for items with high RPN
11	Responsibility	Who is responsible for actions?
12	Actions taken	List those actions taken
13	Schedule Date	Planned finish date for actions taken
14	Completion Date	Actual finish date for actions take
15	Planned Occurrence	Likelihood of occurrence of a failure scaled 1 to 10 after actions taken
16	Planned Severity	Severity of a failure scaled 1 to 10 after actions taken
17	Planned Detectability	Likelihood of detection of a failure scaled 1 to 10 after actions taken.
18	Planned RPN	Risk Priority Number after actions taken

Controlling projects with PathMaker's FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)

You can do more things in PathMaker than just creating an FMEA. You can control the entire FMEA project. To do so PathMaker contains several tools such as:

Use Flowcharts to display the process which you like to investigate.
Use Brainstorm/Affinity-Tool to search for failure modes.
Analyse failure causes with Cause & Effect Diagram.
Assess severity, occurrence and detectability by voting in Consensus Builder.
Meetings with Agenda and Minutes allow to create and discuss FMEAs within a team.
To assist your FMEA project you can further create links to slide shows (html files) that include your organisation´s guide on creating FMEAs. A general slide show on FMEA is included in the software.

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