FMEA Analysis
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) are methodologies designed to identify potential failure modes for a product or process, to assess the risk associated with those failure modes, to rank the issues in terms of importance and to identify and carry out corrective actions to address the most serious concerns.
Tip: For information about how to use the FMEA tab to perform reliability centered maintenance analysis (RCM) in RCM++, see RCM Analysis.
- A general overview of typical FMEA analysis methods.
- Choosing an FMEA structure (Grouped Effects and Causes, Effects Before Causes or Causes Before Effects).
- Creating, copying or deleting a local FMEA.
- Working with linked FMEAs.
- The five tabs in the FMEA analysis panel: Header, Hierarchy, Worksheet, Alpha/Beta and Filtered.
- Using the record properties windows to add or edit FMEA records (function, failure, effects, etc.).
- Calculating displaying RPNs and related metrics (RPN, SxO, QCPN, etc.).
- A choice of three criticality analysis methods: Qualitative, Quantitative in the FMRA or MIL-1629A.
- Tools that utilize the data from an FMEA: Failure Cause Matrix, Risk Matrices, FMEA Statistics Window, Diagnostic Logic Assistant, Transfer Projects and Ratings Update.
