Overview

Organisations waste very large amounts of time and money dealing with failures in products, services and processes after they occur. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a powerful tool that identifies potential for failure and systematically prevents it.

This 1-day course comprises a series of interactive tutorials and practical exercises which cover every step in the FMEA methodology. This learning-by-doing approach ensures that the training is effective and enjoyable.

Who should attend

Any professional who wishes to develop a portfolio of practical, improvement skills will benefit.

The course is particularly appropriate for:

• Product developers, focussed on new product introduction strategies and “time-to-market”.
• Design engineers who wish to improve customer definition and manufacturing feedback.
• Quality engineers and reliability engineers.
• Process engineers involved in developing the manufacturing control plan.
• Auditors who wish to be able to perform audits on FMEA work internally or in contractors’ companies.

Benefits

• Participants will have a basic, practical understanding of FMEA and how to apply it.
• Sponsor organisations will enhance their ability to improve customer satisfaction, reduce product reliability risks and reduce costs that would arise from product failure.

Key Topics

• Purpose of FMEA
• Types of FMEA including DFMEA, PFMEA, SFMEA and FMECA
• When to conduct FMEA
• Identifying opportunities for improvement
• Step by step through the FMEA process
• Using the FMEA form
• Constituting and managing the FMEA Team
• How to avoid common pitfalls with FMEA
• Deploying FMEA effectively in your company

Structure

This 1-day course comprises a series of interactive tutorials, examples and team-based exercises. Each participant will receive a set of course notes and a certificate of attendance.