Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) Implementation: A Literature Review

Authors

  • Kapil Dev `Sharma Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar,Uttrakhand.
  • Shobhit Srivastava Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar,Uttrakhand.

Keywords:

Detection, FMEA, Occurrence, Reliability, RPN, Severity, Process FMEA, Design FMEA

Abstract

FMEA is a systematic method of identifying and preventing system, product and process problems before they occur. It is focused on preventing problems, enhancing safety, and increasing customer satisfaction. Formally FMEA was introduced in the late 1940s by the US military Forces. In 1960s it was used by the aerospace industry as a design methodology, with their obvious reliability and safety requirements. In the late 1970s, the Ford Motor Company introduced FMEA to the automotive industry for safety and regulatory consideration. They also used it to improve production and design. FMEA is widely used in manufacturing industries in various phases of the product life cycle and it now extensively used in a variety of industries including semiconductor processing, food service, plastics, power plant, software, and healthcare. A successful FMEA activity enables a team to identify potential failure modes based on past experience with similar products or processes, enabling the team to design those failures out of the system with the minimum of effort and resource expenditure, thereby reducing development time and costs. This paper highlights the various approaches and applications of FMEA have been developed so far.

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Published

2019-01-05