Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (FMEA) Executive Overview (4 hours)

Description

In this course, employees will learn how to reduce risk, improve product and process quality, and increase customer satisfaction through the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). The FMEA provides a structured approach to identifying and prioritizing potential failure modes, taking action to prevent and detect failure modes and making sure mechanisms are in place to ensure ongoing process control. This course will be useful to anyone who is planning to oversee, lead, or participate in an FMEA.

The course length is 4 hours and will include detailed instruction, periodic assessments, and a certificate of completion upon successful review.

Lesson 1: Introduction to Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

• The nature of risk and how an FMEA can reduce that risk
• What an FMEA is and how it can benefit your organization
• The different types of FMEAs and when they apply
• The key steps in the FMEA process and how this process is documented

Lesson 2: FMEA and the Quality Management System

• The purpose of the major elements of the QS-9000 and ISO/TS 16949 quality system requirements and how FMEAs contribute to the accomplishment of that purpose
• The key concepts of the Advanced Product Quality Planning Process (APQP) and the role FMEAs play in the APQP
• The elements that require the development of FMEAs

Lesson 3: Establishing the FMEA Team

• When a Process FMEA should be performed
• How FMEA teams should be structured
• Barriers to conducting good FMEAs and ways to remove those barriers
• Useful tools and guidelines for making your team more effective

Target Audience

• Operations Manager
• General Manager
• Plant Manager
• Person with bottom-line responsibility

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