The key to success for every new project is to make essential preparations. An important part of the preparations is to define the project's different elements and foresee what situations that can arise. No possible scenario should be an unforeseeable situation!

 

In a production process there are always a risk that errors might occur. These errors can influence both the efficiency of the process and the products that are being produced, with additional costs and deficient quality as a result. In more severe cases it can lead to incidents and accidents with risk for personal injuries, both for operators in the production and the end user of the product. Even before the production is started, it is desirable to maximize the efficiency of the production process and to minimize the numbers of errors. During ongoing production is it important to detect and attend to faults and deficiencies in the process and the products that are being produced.

 

An evident overview of what faults can occur is obtained by conducting a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis prior to every new manufacturing process. For every step in the process potential failure modes are listed, together with the effects if they occur and what possible causes there are. Further it is decided what control should be performed in order to detect the errors, as well as recommended actions. A Failure Modes and Effects Analysis is a risk analysis that follows specific standards and demands from the industry.

 

Rektron FMEA is a user friendly and specially adapted tool for conducting Failure Modes and Effects Analysis. The basic idea is to render the often difficult and time consuming work to conduct and follow up the analyses more effective. Every component of the FMEA project is presented in a well-arranged disposition and a risk profile can be issued in no time which shows immediately what actions should be prioritized.

 

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis can be put together for every partial stage of the products life, from design (DFMEA) via development and construction to process (PFMEA). Likewise environmental analysis and product review can be carried out as well as other general risk analyses. Parameters for special analyses, e.g. FMEcA, is an integrated part of the data model.