FMEA: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

Access clearly-arranged tree structures to perform complex structure, function and failure analyses in the software for FMEA. During the structure analysis, you describe the system to be covered for your product and/or the corresponding process. All required functions and product or process characteristics can be documented – for every system element and every process step. Define dependencies between the required functions in the function tree simply and intuitively via drag & drop. This is how you describe the planned functionality of your product. You can also identify and document possible failure modes with the help of our FMEA program. Failure cause, failure and failure effect can be identified based on cause-effect relationships in the failure net.

Improve your efficiency and create base FMEAs to reference recurring partial systems and processes. For example, if you want to assess processes that are relevant to the manufacturing of various products, but are not defined by product-specific properties, you can manage and assess them in a single base FMEA. In this case, you merely reference the applicable base FMEA in any respective product-specific FMEA. All specific elements as well as those referenced are supplied to the full extent within the software solution for FMEA. Your benefit: You document assessments and process optimizations only in the base FMEA.

The structure, function and failure analysis is followed by the analysis and assessment of identified risks. Define separate warning thresholds for severity (S), occurrence (O) and detection probability (D). If these warning thresholds are exceeded, the integrated warning system takes action and the determined risk focal points are identified directly in the software for FMEA. After all possible risks have been identified, the automatically determined risk priority number (RPN) or action priority (AP) helps you to find out where there is an urgent need for actions to reduce risk.

You can use our software solution for FMEA during your team sessions as the perfect communication tool: In moderation mode, failure net and form view provide an overview. They form the basis for goal-oriented coordination in the team, e.g., during the creation of prevention and detection actions for identified failure causes. On top of that, create meaningful reports with the help of the FMEA software and convince your customers. With the dynamic report designer, supplied reports and forms can be flexibly adapted to company-specific requirements.

With the risk analysis, you assess the risks initially based on the current prevention and detection actions with the help of the software for FMEA. During the optimization phase, you can reduce existing risks through additional actions and continually perform reassessments. For every developed action, you decide in the team whether it can actually be implemented or has to be discarded. All actions to be implemented are finally adopted in the central action management for processing and tracking.

Specifications can be automatically derived from CAD drawings and can be used as characteristics in the FMEA software. Moreover, as an active QM software, BabtecQ automatically and regularly informs you about events that are relevant to FMEAs. For example, you will be informed about all incoming complaints or initiated actions that are essential for the risk analysis or the planning of relevant inspection steps. Use the information potential of customer complaints and adopt the experiences and actions directly into your FMEA. 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.