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FMEA analysis

The term FMEA analysis is actually a redundancy, as the A in FMEA (= failure mode and effect analysis) already stands for ‘analysis’. Now that we’ve taken this little digression, let’s get back to the term FMEA analysis. It refers to the implementation of a risk analysis using the seven steps of FMEA.

When performing an FMEA analysis, a distinction must be made as to whether this is implemented for a product (Design FMEA) or a manufacturing process (Process FMEA). An additional form of FMEA is added to this with the Supplemental FMEA for Monitoring and System Response (MSR). All FMEA types, and thus also the nature of the FMEA analysis, thus differ based on the nature of the analysis object.

FMEA analysis examples
A simple example of an FMEA analysis via Process FMEA is cooking a pizza (see FMEA example).
A typical FME analysis example using Design FMEA is the ballpoint pen (see FMEA example).
Glossary Technical terms at a glance

F

Failure Failure Failure Failure criticality Failure effect chain Failure likelihood Failure network Failure severity Failure effect Failure effect severity Failure mode Failure state Fault tree analysis First pass yield FMEA FMEA form FMEA structural analysis FMEA system optimization FMEA analysis FMEA example FMEA moderator FMEA-MSR FMEA-MSR FMEA-MSR

F

FMECA FMEDA Focus element Food and Drug Administration Foundation FMEA Function tree Functional analysis Functional safety management (FSM) Functional structure

G

G8D GAMP GD & T GMP