PFMEA and the Control Plan - Overview and Application
What Will You Learn
- Describe how the PFMEA can drastically improve the long-term reliability of their organization's products and processes
- Describe the role of the PFMEA within a quality management system
- Describe the differences and relationships between the PFMEA and DFMEA
- Build and lead a Cross-functional Team for completing a PFMEA
- Follow the AIAG Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Reference Manual for completing a PFMEA
- Conduct a Brainstorming Session aimed at eliminating process failures
- Develop and use a Process Flow Diagram for use as a job aid in completing the PFMEA
- Document of the analyses results on the standard PFMEA form
- Use the Process Controls identified during the PFMEA as inputs to the Control
- Create, Employ and Maintain a Control Plan
Is This Course For You
Materials Provided
Course Requirements
Topics
- Instructor qualifications
- Participant’s job roles and experience
- Examples of process issues that lead to failures
- Identify reliability and basic quality concepts such as the Bathtub Curve, Failures and what it takes to consistently meet customer requirements
- Analyze failures related to design weaknesses as opposed to failures related to process issues
- Determine the difference between process failure modes and effects
- Essential factors that play a significant role for a company to successfully provide quality products and services
- Benefits to the organization its customers and employees
- The role of the PFMEA in Quality Management System (QMS), Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP) and relationship to the Control Plan as well as other tools/techniques
- Cross functional team approach
- Process Flow Diagram
- Use of the AIAG form to guide the PFMEA
- Analysis and problem solving
- Follow-up and implementation
- The FMEA as a “Living Document”
- Basic Entries
- Effective Control Strategies
- Effective Reaction Strategies
VII. Begin a PFMEA and interpret the results (simulated data or real data, if onsite training)
- Identification of potential failures
- Prediction of failure modes and the severity of failures
- Estimations of the probability of failure occurrence
- Identification of associated risks and effects of failures
- Identify, analyze and implement design controls
- Calculation and interpretation of the Risk Priority Number (RPN)
- Follow-up and implementation of recommendations
- A basic template/format
- Effective control strategies
- Effective responses
- Updates