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Public Course Offering Currently Available in Oklahoma City, OK

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Public "In-House" Offering (Discounted Pricing)

Costs: Instructor: $1290/day Materials: $35/participant

The course will run from 8AM to 4PM with a 1-hour lunch. We will also take a 10 minute break each hour. You must provide the training facility.

 

FMEA Training – Proposed Course Outline

Course Objectives:

 

• Review Failure Mode & Effects Analysis to analyze and communicate risk and plans to manage it

 

• Understand how to construct a complete FMEA to analyze, communicate, and manage design risk and process risk

Course Materials:

 

• Introductions / Course Objectives
  • Opening Comments, Introductions, Workshop Objectives, Logistics, etc.
  • FMEA Pre Test
     
• Introduction to FMEA
  • FMEA Purpose & Definition
  • Intro to the Main Steps
  • The FMEA Worksheet
  • Inputs and Outputs to FMEA
  • Types of FMEA's
    • Product, Manufacturing Process, Business Process, Equipment, Software, Service, etc.
  • Benefits and Purpose of Design FMEA's
  • Benefits and Purpose of Process FMEA's
  • History of FMEA
  • When to start FMEA's
  • Pre-Requisites to FMEA
    • Understanding your Customers Needs
    • Developing & Evaluating Concepts
    • Defining the FMEA Project & Scope
    • Creating an Effective FMEA Team
    • Gather and review Reference Material
       
• Developing Functions
  • Definition of a Function
  • The Function Worksheet
  • Methods for Function Analysis
    • Simple Brainstorming
    • The FAST Diagram (Function Analysis Systems Technique)
    • Product Function Modeling
    • Process Functional Modeling
  • Organizing the Functions
  • Product Example
  • Functional Flowcharts
  • Process Example
  • Class Participant Workshop
     
• Developing Failure Modes
  • Failure Mode Definition
  • Failure Mode Ideas
  • Failure Mode Assumptions
  • Failure Mode Categories
  • DFMEA Example
  • PFMEA Example
• Determining Effects & Severity Ratings
  • Effects Definition
  • Cause & Effect Relationship
  • Effects Examples
  • Severity Rating Definition
  • Severity Tables
  • Classification Column
  • Special Characteristics
  • Class Participant Workshop
• Determining Cause & Occurrence Ratings
  • Cause Definition
  • Cause Guidelines
  • Assumptions when determining Causes
  • Techniques for determining Causes
    • Fishbone Diagrams
    • Classic Brainstorming
    • Fault Tree Analysis
    • 8D
    • Experience
    • Experiments
    • 5 Why's
  • Cause Examples
  • Occurrence Rating Definition
  • DFMEA Occurrence Table
  • PFMEA Occurrence Table
     
• Controls & Detection Rating
  • Controls Definition
  • Types of Design Controls
  • Types of Process Controls
  • Examples of Controls
  • When Controls are implemented
  • Detection Rating Defined
  • DFMEA Detection Rating Tables
  • PFMEA Detection Rating Tables
  • Class Participant Workshop
     
• Assessing Risk
  • Risk Defined
  • The RPN
  • The Risk "Area Chart"
  • Risk Patterns
     
• Developing and Driving an Action Plan
  • Recommended Action Definition
  • The Action Plan
  • Introduction to Production Control Plans
  • Action Plan Results
     
• Custom Attendee Workshop
  • Utilize the Tools Learned to Develop an FMEA (Design or Process)
  • Present Findings and Recommendations
     
• Important FMEA Keys to Success (FMEA Failure Modes)
  • Team Troubles
  • Methodology Mistakes
  • Ready for an Audit?
  • Institutionalizing FMEA in your Organization
  • The 4 Stages of Learning
• Post Test Review