Problems and defects are expensive. Customers understandably place high expectations on manufacturers and service providers to deliver quality and reliability. Often, faults in products and services ...

In order to proactively handle potential process or product errors before they occur in manufacturing or on a customer’s production line, many organizations implement a Failure Mode and Effects ...

Google “FMEA” and you’re likely to find a variety of definitions. Risk assessment tool. Process methodology. Predictive failure analysis. It’s used as a noun, a verb and an adjective. So, what is it ...

FMEA is a process for analysis of potential failure modes within a design, process, or product, classified by severity or determination of the effect of failures on the system. Widely used in ...

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Using this information, we can plan for inevitable process failures. The BIA uses business impact information and the probability of specific business continuity events to calculate levels of business ...

FMEA is a structured approach used to identify ways in which a product or process can fail, estimate risk associated with specific causes, and prioritize actions that should be taken to reduce risk.