You can prevent failures before they occur. The Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) follows the principle of identifying failure potentials as early as the product development process through the assessment of possible risks. As an integrated solution, Babtec FMEA supports you in conducting and documenting standards-compliant product and process FMEA. The established procedure, "The five steps for the preparation of the FMEA" from the VDA are, of course, integrated in the software.

Access clearly-arranged tree structures to perform complex structure, function and failure analyses. During the system analysis, you describe the system to be covered for your product and/or the corresponding process. Document all required functions and product or process features – for every system element and every process step. Define dependencies between the required functions in the function tree – simply and intuitively via drag & drop. Identify and document possible failure modes and identify failure cause, failure and failure effect in the same way based on cause-effect relationships in the failure tree.

During the entry of all FMEA data, you can check at any time whether the saved information is complete and plausible. The system or process analysis is followed by the analysis and assessment of identified risks. Besides the supplied standards-compliant risk assessment catalogs (VDA, AIAG), additional specific risk assessment catalogs can be managed and employed. This creates the best possible foundation for establishing effective actions and avoiding possible failures and failure causes in the product manufacturing process.

The initiated actions for the detection of failures and the prevention of failure causes can be tracked in Babtec FMEA as well as in the action management module. You can also profit from the ability to create control plans or production control plans directly based on process FMEAs using Babtec CP. With the linking of FMEAs, control plans and even inspection plans, the integrated change management provides you with convenient support for required changes to these documents – without elaborate and failure-prone data comparison.