PFMEA Benefits

By Preventing errors or problems

You prevent waste, improve quality and cycle-times, and reduce costs !
You can effectively Prevent
rework, retest, re-inspection, poor quality, higher costs, etc.

It costs companies less to prevent problems than to react to them (Firefighting = Dollars Wasted) You can improve Cycle-times
Time, Labor, and money is more effectively spent on preventing rather than reacting to errors

PFMEAs make teams more effective!

Process Failure Modes Effects Analysis

How do we perform a PFMEA?

#1: Identify the process or product that requires the PFMEA Analysis Recommended: New processes being launched

Business, transaction, service, or manufacturing process

Current processes with poor yields, rework, errors, defects, poor cycle-times, high costs, high customer dissatisfaction, etc.

Process Failure Modes Effects Analysis

How to perform a PFMEA

Complete the next column in the PFMEA tool Column 3 Brainstorm and list all the effects of the Process Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA Number: defect failure mode(s )if it actually occurred. The effects of a failure, Page: of
Team Leader: Core Team:

or error could be both the internal (e.g. Responsibility: at the next operation) effect and the external effect Process Prepared by: FMEA Date (Orig.) (e.g. at the customer)
Occurrence Detection
Potential Effect(s) of Failure Potential Cause(s)/ Mechanism(s) of Failure Current Process Controls Prevention Current Process Controls Detection Responsibility Recommended & Target Action(s) Completion Date

(Rev.)

Action Results

Class

RPN

Drive to Stuck in Late for Work Work Traffic

In Column 3 List all of the potential (internal and external) effects of the Failure Modes, defects or errors : Example- Customer rejects, poor fit, rework, cycle-time increase, test failure This effects list will help you determine the Severity ranking to be placed in column 4 Process Failure Modes Effects Analysis

RPN

[Process Step Name]

Actions Taken

Detection

Severity

Severity

Potential Failure Mode

Occurrence

Process Function