FMEA is the most commonly used risk analysis method in the automotive industry tool box and helps suppliers predict and prevent failures in both the product development and part production processes. The new AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook provides consistent direction and guidance to all automotive suppliers, including best practices and examples from AIAG’s and VDA’s previous handbooks and real world experiences.
The most noticeable change in the AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook is a new 7-Step approach for FMEA development, which provides a framework for documenting technical risks in a precise, relevant manner. The 7-Step Approach includes Planning & Preparation, Structure Analysis, Function Analysis, Failure Analysis, Risk Analysis, Optimization, and Results Documentation. With this new framework, product design and process risk become more transparent and can be anticipated, calibrated and managed in a more comprehensive manner.
Additional changes include a new chapter on Supplemental FMEA for Monitoring and System Response (FMEA-MSR), totally revised Severity, Occurrence and Detection Tables, the Action Priority (AP) methodology and Tables to replace RPN, new Form Sheets (spreadsheet users) and Software Report Views (software users) and change point highlights from both the AIAG 4th edition FMEA Manual and the VDA Volume 4 FMEA Manual.
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 : Introduction
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1.1 : Purpose and Description
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1.2 : Objectives and Limits of FMEA
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1.3 : Integration of FMEA in the Company
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1.4 : FMEA for Products and Processes
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1.5 : Project Planning
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1.6 : FMEA Methodology
Chapter 2 : Execution of the Design FMEA
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2.1 : Design FMEA 1st Step : Planning and Preparation
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2.2 : Design FMEA 2nd Step : Structure Analysis
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2.3 : Design FMEA 3rd Step : Function Analysis
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2.4 : Design FMEA 4th Step : Failure Analysis
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2.5 : Design FMEA 5th Step : Risk Analysis
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2.6 : Design FMEA 6th Step : Optimization
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2.7 : Design FMEA 7th Step : Results Documentation
Chapter 3 : Execution of the Process (PFMEA)
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3.1 : Process FMEA 1st Step : Planning and Preparation
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3.2 : Process FMEA 2nd Step : Structure Analysis
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3.3 : Process FMEA 3rd Step : Function Analysis
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3.4 : Process FMEA 4th Step : Failure Analysis
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3.5 : Process FMEA 5th Step : Risk Analysis
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3.6 : Process FMEA 6th Step : Optimization
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3.7 : Process FMEA 7th Step : Results Documentation
Chapter 4 : Supplemental FMEA for Monitoring and System Response (FMEA-MSR)
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4.1 : FMEA-MSR 1st Step : Planning and Preparation
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4.2 : FMEA-MSR 2nd Step : Structure Analysis
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4.3 : FMEA-MSR 3rd Step : Function Analysis
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4.4 : FMEA-MSR 4th Step : Failure Analysis
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4.5 : FMEA-MSR 5th Step : Risk Analysis
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4.6 : FMEA-MSR 6th Step : Optimization
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4.7 : FMEA-MSR 7th Step : Results Documentation
Appendix
A : Sample FMEA Form Sheets
B : Form Sheets - Step by Step Hints
C : Severity, Occurrence, Detection and Action Priority Tables
D : Additions
E : Further Application Fields
F : Change Point Summaries
G : References and Suggested Readings
H : Glossary
Table of Figures
Table of Tables
