Functional Failure Analysis (F-F-E-C)

When you select an item in the system hierarchy, the F-F-E-C tab will be displayed in the Analysis panel if:

• The item has already been defined as a maintenance significant item (MSI)

or

• The item is eligible to be marked as an MSI.

You will use this tab to record the functions, failures, effects and causes that have been identified for the item (functional failure analysis), and then perform the failure effect categorization and the maintenance task selection.

Two Views of the F-F-E-C

The F-F-E-C tab in the Analysis panel offers two complementary views of the information contained in your functional failure analysis. It is easy to switch back and forth between the views so you can choose the display that is best suited for a specific task.

• The hierarchy view, which displays the analysis records in a hierarchical tree, tends to be good for viewing a lot of information in a small amount of space. It can be especially useful when copying and pasting data or when scanning the analysis to find a particular section of the functional failure analysis.
• The filtered view presents a sortable list of all records of a particular type. For example, you can view a list of all effects sorted by failure effect categorization (FEC) or a list of maintenance tasks sorted by interval. This view allows you to generate these lists on-the-fly as you work on the analysis.