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Customer Part Number Customer PFMEA Original Date #VALUE! PFMEA Issuer #VALUE!
Occurrence
Detection
Severity
Occurrence
Potential Causes or Mechanisms Responsibility and Target
Detection
Potential Failure Mode Recommended Actions Actions Taken
Severity
Requirement (Effect on End User, External Customer, Internal of Failure Completion Date
Customer, Internal Process) Prevention Detection
100% of production run may have to be reworked off Failure mode detection post-processing by operator through use of
Loss of secondary function (vehicle operable, but 2 per 1,000 Problem detection in post
6 6 line and accepted. 6 > 0.94 6 Low variable gauging or in-station by operator through use of attribute Manual & Gauging
comfort/convenience functions inoperable). 1 in 500 processing
(Stop/Go rule limit may be reached) gauging (go/no-go, manual torque check, etc).
Loss or degradation of
secondary function Failure mode or error (cause) detection in-station by operator through
Degradation of secondary function (vehicle A portion of the production run may have to be
0.5 per 1,000 use of variable gauging or by automated controls in-station that will
5 operable, but comfort/convenience functions at 5 reworked off line and accepted. 5 > 1.00 5 Moderate Problem detection at source Gauging
Moderate 1 in 2,000 detect discrepant part and notify operator (light, buzzer, etc). Gauging
reduced level of performance). (Stop/Go rule limit may be reached)
Moderate performed on setup and first piece check
Disruption
Appearance or audible noise, vehicle operable, 100% of production run may have to be reworked in-
0.1 per 1,000 Failure mode detection post-processing by automated controls that Problem detection in post
4 item does not conform and noticed by most 4 station before it is processed. 4 > 1.10 4 Moderately High Error proofing & Gauging
1 in 10,000 will detect discrepant part and lock part to prevent further processing. processing
customers (›75%). (Stop/Go rule limit may be reached)
Appearance or audible noise, vehicle operable, A portion of the production run may have to be Failure mode detection in-station by automated controls that will
Annoyance 0.01 per 1,000
3 item does not conform and noticed by many 3 reworked in-station before it is processed. 3 > 1.20 3 High detect discrepant part and automatically lock part in station to prevent Problem detection at source Error proofing & Gauging
1 in 100,000
customers (50%). (Stop/Go rule limit may be reached) further processing.
Low
Appearance or audible noise, vehicle operable,
Minor ≤ 0.001 per 1,000 Error (cause) detection in-station by automated controls that will Error detection and/or problem
2 item does not conform and noticed by 2 Slight inconvenience to process, operation, operator. 2 > 1.30 2 Very High Error proofing & Gauging
Disruption 1 in 1,000,000 detect error and prevent discrepant part from being made. prevention
discriminating customers (<25%).
Failure is eliminated Error (cause) prevention as a result of fixture design, machine design,
Detection not applicable; Error
1 No effect No discernible effect. 1 No Effect No discernible effect. 1 Very Low through preventive > 1.67 1 Almost Certain or part design. Discrepant parts cannot be made because item has Error proofing
prevention
control. been error-proofed by process /product design.
Table 2 Based on FMEA results, the team shall prioritize the actions to be taken using below table as
reference and implement them. Table 1 Honda Error Proofing Requirements related to PFMEA
Implementation criteria for Concept of "implementation of recommended actions PFMEA Identify areas that require error For HS / HA / HB Safety ranked and / or regulation parts (FMVSS, CCC, etc), all locations that can
Category
recommended actions (Reduction of ranks)"
proof application. cause a Safety or Regulation failure must be identified, and scored with a severity of 9 or 10 on
If the severity rank is 9 or higher, "recommended actions" shall the PFMEA as per the latest AIAG Severity Evaluation Criteria and HES A3050.
be implemented, which basically requires a change of design
or process. Error proof prevention / detection type must be properly scored as per the latest AIAG Detection
(Prevent problems where "a single failure is likely to cause the Evaluation Criteria.
Severity (9) 9 or Higher failure of vehicle's basic functions (e.g. run, turn and stop) and
the (unexpected) loss of control which could involve human
Only processes with detection scores of 4 or less can be considered error proof.
lives or critical failure of the vehicle and the problem where NOTE: if Severity is 9 or 10 Detection must be 4 or less without Honda approval
vehicle's functional loss could cause fire/smoke which may
lead to an accident.) Error proofing applied to PFMEA locations with severity 9 or 10.
If error proofing cannot be applied to these locations, gaps must be identified and process
Occurrence Showa Group standard for process capability (Cp and Cpk) is controls approved by Honda.
Frequency 4 or Higher 1.33 or higher; if this is met, the rank of "occurrence
(O) frequency" is 3 or below.
Detection
Severity
Potential Causes or Responsibility and
Occurrence
Requirement
Process Number
Detection
Potential Failure Mode Recommended Actions Actions Taken
Severity
(Effect on External Customer, Internal Customer, Mechanisms of Failure Target Completion Date
Prevention Detection
Internal Process)
Process name Defect or Reject Select the "Customer" The effect this defect or reject What is the root What is in place to prevent the What is in place to detect What actions could be Asssign PIC and Descibe Action(s)
Add Characteristic Rank from Drawing (S, R, A, B, C )From most recent Model drawing
*How easily can we detect the failure mode?(Select theranking that reflects the higher of thetow options (Prevention / Detection)
If the PFMEA was updated as an output of a Corrective Action marked with "O"
analyzed inspection not pass this Failure: What would the discrepant product?
product? End User, internal/external customer This must be a Include verification of set-up (assume discrepant part What actions could be
Process function and External Customer, complain about? measurable condition of Poka Yoke (is used) has been made) taken to increase the
Requirement Internal Customer, of the process. detection of the failure?
Internal Process This should be an action, it is Include verification of
never a document or chart. set-up of Poka Yoke (is
used) See Table 2 below for
See Table 1 below for info requirements
for Honda PFEMAs
This should be an action, it
is never a document or
chart.