FMEA in Quality Risk Management
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (IEC 60812 / AIAG-VDA) systematically identifies potential design and process weaknesses before they impact customers or production lines.
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FMEA Builder (Classic RPN & Action Priority)
Systematically identify potential process failure risks and prioritize preventive engineering actions.
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Q:
How does modern Action Priority (AP) differ from classic RPN in FMEA?
While classic FMEA used RPN = Severity × Occurrence × Detection, the AIAG-VDA standard prioritizes Severity over Occurrence and Detection to prevent high-severity failure modes from being masked.
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Failure Modes Analyzed
3
Active line itemsHigh Action Priority (AP)
2
Requires immediate mitigationMax RPN Score
240 / 1000
Severity × Occurrence × Detection| Item & Function | Failure Mode & Effect | S | Cause & Controls | O | D | RPN | AP | Action Plan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240 | High | ||||||||
| 140 | High | ||||||||
| 144 | Low |
* Risk Priority Number = Severity × Occurrence × Detection (AIAG-VDA AP Alignment)
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