EPISODE – 1 In this series I will give an in-depth view on the different risk assessment techniques, starting with FMEA. The FMEA series will contain 5 episodes.
DISCLAIMER: This blog post solely represents my own opinion based on experience and/or interpretations. As a former Subject Matter Expert Quality Risk Management and trainer in one of the pharmaceutical big 5 companies I have extensive experience in performing and guiding failure mode and effect analyses.
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
What
FMEA is used to define, identify, and eliminate known and/or potential failures, problems, errors… from the system, design, process, and/or services before they reach the customer.
FMEA’s motto ‘ DO THE BEST YOU CAN WHEN YOU CAN‘.
Origin
The FMEA technique was developed by army reliability engineers in the late 1950s (9 november 1949 to be exact) to study problems that might arise from malfunctions of military systems.
FMEA Types
Generally, four types of FMEA can be distinguished, they all gave their own focus and objective:
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