Abstract
Abstract Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a systematic approach for evaluating the potential failure modes in a system, and is mainly employed in three distinct tasks labelled: (1) Functional FMEA – evaluating those failures associated with product functional definition, (2) Design FMEA – analysing those failures associated with design definition and (3) Process FMEA – assessing potential failures in manufacturing and assembly processes. The literature review has shown limited works on the field of synchronising these different tasks into a working model. To address this gap, this research developed a framework for integrating these tasks of FMEAs, and then qualitatively validating the proposed framework. This research adopted a semi-structured questionnaire to collect experts’ feedback and validate the proposed framework. The t-test was then employed to evaluate the collected feedback. The findings highlight that the proposed framework is applicable and could facilitate the synchronisation of the different tasks of FMEA. This research presents a methodological approach for executing and synchronising FMEAs. Therefore, the proposed framework is practically relevant as an aid for the practitioners in catching the cascading failures and reducing the relevant impact.
Highlights
The investigation of failures and their prevention throughout a design process forms an effective approach for reducing the number of failures in manufacturing, as failures could be prevented and minimised at an early stage and in a proactive manner [1, 2, 3, 4]
The associated benefits of implementing Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) likely originate from its ability to recognise and mitigate failures in advance, making them less costly to address [5, 6]
Starting from the FMEA scope, its deployment should be limited to specific systems and components; so that is for establishing the boundaries and maximising the benefits of its deployment [2]
Summary
The investigation of failures and their prevention throughout a design process forms an effective approach for reducing the number of failures in manufacturing, as failures could be prevented and minimised at an early stage and in a proactive manner [1, 2, 3, 4]. To address this issue, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) was developed to proactively evaluate the potential failures in a product, process or service, as well as identifying actions to reduce and mitigate risks. Every FMEA process should have an owner, who can revise the progress of FMEA and approve the relevant outputs [2]
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