MCT FMEA approach

1. FMEA principles, among others, are:

• Ethics
• Prevention versus correction
• Breakdown into elementary activities
• Using the results as a basis for decisions
• A multidisciplinary team

2. FMEA has been a requirement in the automotive industry since:

• 1949
• 1994
• 2000

3. FMEA is an analysis to assess:

• Failure causes
• The control plan
• Failure modes
• Failure effects
• Technical risks

4. From FMEA will follow:

• The design validation plan
• The maintenance plan for the production means
• The prevention action plan
• The quality plan
• The control plan

5. Examples of FMEA steps:

• Planning
• Function analysis
• Nonconformity analysis
• Failure analysis
• Risk analysis