Standardization of FMEA

The failure mode and effects analysis (in short FMEA) is a tool for a sustainable quality assurance. An FMEA analyses processes to identify the sources of possible failures and their potential impact on the component regarding its quality. Of main interest is the question whether a component satisfies customer requirements or is unusable. Risk priority ratings are assigned to help mitigate or even prevent risks within the process in the appropriate sequence.

Being a process that is parallel to the construction process, FMEA are the first opportunity to identify failures in the manufacturing of our products – and prevent them from the start. The benefit from FMEA can be rather substantial, if a database is regularly filled with information that can be used in future projects. To properly utilize the constant flow of information, Werner Schmid GmbH invested in a new software to standardize the administration of knowledge in our FMEA.

“For a glimpse into the future, we need to learn from the mistakes of our past and model our processes according to latest expertise.”

By using the new software, our FMEA shall be utilized effectively in our development process to prevent the failures of comparable projects that came before. The software replaces the Excel sheets that were used previously. It gives us the possibility to generate standard sequences that are available for all components and construction elements of a certain product group. In addition to these standards, product-specific extensions are possible.