I am blogging today from a nuclear fuel system manufacturer. The application of FMEA and Fault Tree Analysis has opened up possible failures that must be avoided. Without these valuable tools, we may have to wait for failure to occur before taking appropriate actions. The terminology of Deviant Normalcy, can be used to describe the tendancy to accept things because they have been that way for some time, possibly since it was started. FMEA helps to assure that we find these deviations from specification and keep the focus on the counter measures required to assure prevention or detection of it before an undesirable effect is experienced.
Workshop Registration Deadline!
Just wanted to make notice: Registration for QAI’s FMEA Instructor-Led Workshop will be closing by the end of this week!
(March 26th, 2010 to be more exact)
Many topics will be covered, including but not limited to:
- History of FMEA
- FMEA Methodology (4th Edition – AIAG Included)
- FMEA Skill Development
- How to Determine significant and critical (special) characteristics
- FMEA Role in Customer Safety and Satisfaction – Preventing Failure
- The Level and Importance of Criticality and RPN
- RPN Levels
- Risk Levels
- Lean FMEA Matrix Development
- Process FMEA
- Design FMEA
- Control Plans
Click Here to Register online or call QAI at 248.280.4800
Quality Acronym List
Currently, we are developing an Acronym List for Automotive, Aerospace, and Defense and would like to welcome any input or suggestions on this matter. If you have an idea or if you would like to know more about a specific acronym, please do not hesitate to respond to this post. In the end, this list will prove to be very helpful in daily processes and should be useful to anyone who takes a look!
