FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) is a systematic set of activities that are carried out to find and assess potential failures (risks) of a product or a process and to identify the consequences of the failure, to define and apply such measurements that would be efficient enough to minimize the risk.
Purpose of FMEA:
- support of objective assessment of all situations, including functional requirements
- assessment of strength design with respect to production requirements, assembly, service, and recycling
- increase of probability of failure risk elimination and its consequences on operation
- provide information for support of planning of programmes for designing, development and validation
- process a list of potential failures
- find out on potential weak points and opportunities for improvement
- gain a database of information on phenomena influencing the processes
Aim of FMEA:
- prevent failure recurrence
- minimize costs of losses consequences resulting from failures
- detect potential risks and failures early enough
- apply measurements that decrease the risk substantially