Description

KAVON has developed an approach to Failure Mode & Effects Analysis that integrates tools of Six Sigma. This approach identifies process variables that drive performance and carry the greatest risk of failure. This course includes both lecture and classroom experience with realistic exercises, and it can be customized to include facilitated team preparation of real FMEAs based on the participants’ processes.

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Topics Covered

• Introduction to FMEA


• Project Selection


• Process Maps


• Prioritization Matrix


• Cause and Effects Matrix


• Identification of the "Red Xs"


• Risk Priority Numbers for the "Red Xs"


• 8D Process for Corrective Action

What Attendees Will Learn

This course will enable quality planners – in manufacturing, in service industries, in healthcare – to execute FMEAs that are highly effective in managing risk and that are highly efficient in the use of planners’ time. Participants in this course can expect to gain a comprehensive understanding of the FMEA as a tool for preventive action.

They will learn how to describe processes and identify the process input variables. They will master tools for ranking input variables to identify the “Red Xs” – the variables that dominate process performance. They will see how risk priority numbers – RPNs – can be determined by the assignment of numerical value to failure mode severity, occurrence, and detection.

Though determination of risk is important, it is only a method for focusing preventive action resources on the issues of greatest importance. Course participants will learn how to apply a multi-disciplinary team approach to address and reduce the failure modes with highest risk.

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for individuals who are involved in the planning, execution, or continual improvement of business processes. Since the course emphasizes a multi-disciplinary approach to risk management, the course well is suited for teams of individuals who participate in the execution of shared processes.

Prerequisites

No prior FMEA experience is needed.