Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Programme Overview

FMEA is a risk management and mitigation approach that began in the aerospace and engineering fields but has moved into general business and organisational practice. It is a way of thinking and methodology that can help with continuous improvement of all functional areas of an organisation, at all levels and in all sectors.

Any work we carry out, any process we operate or product or service we provide is accompanied by risk of failure. To improve our processes, products and services, and to make them more robust and reliable, we need to identify these risks, prioritise them and then take action to mitigate and control them.

At A Glance

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
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Price	Virtual Open Classroom: £415 (plus VAT)
Duration	Virtual Open Classroom: 1 day In Company: 2 days
CPD Points	24
Accreditations	TBA
Prerequisites	None
Delivery Modes	In-Company, Virtual Open Classroom
Delivered By	Gillian Rhodes

FMEA provides a structured approach which helps:

Identify the areas and ways in which a process, system, product or service can fail (Failure Modes), the possible causes, how they might impact the customer or the business and whether there are controls in place to prevent or detect the failure mode or cause
Prioritise the risks and plan actions to address the failure modes which are of the greatest concern
Implement control plans to prevent recurrence of the failure modes

This one or two-day activity-based course will give you an introduction to FMEA concepts and practices, help you understand how it works and see what it can do for you organisation

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Audience

Who is the course for?

You are a leader or a team who would like to learn how FMEA could be used to help improve the processes, products and/or services in your organisation
You would like to learn how to effectively generate an FMEA with a team
You have been asked by a customer to provide an FMEA for your process, product or service but don’t know where to start or how to make it happen
You are from a service, manufacturing or public service organisation.

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Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Understand how Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) can be used to improve your products, processes and/or services, and help make them more robust and reliable
Recognise the most common types of FMEA and how they link to each other and to other continuous improvement tools
Recognise which type(s) of FMEA would help improve your organisation
If you are using an Agile development approach, recognise how the FMEA way of thinking can work with Agile.
Learn the steps necessary to work through an FMEA

Outcomes for your business

Businesses which have used FMEA to identify and mitigate the risks in their processes, products and/or services are likely to –

Have more robust and reliable processes, products and services
Have lower failure-related costs (such as rework, redesign, recalls)
Produce fewer errors or defects
Have fewer customer complaints
Experience fewer safety incidents.

Outcomes for your personal development

You will learn how to use FMEA to identify and prioritise risks and improvement opportunities in the products, processes and services for which you are responsible.

In-Company

Prerequisites

None – this course assumes no prior knowledge of FMEA.

How can I take this course?

We deliver this course as a one or two-day in-house programme (virtual or face-to-face)

Support Pack

All delegates receive

Printed and pdf copies of the course slides
Blank FMEA templates which can be customised for your use

Why Choose Catalyst

Catalyst’s instructors have hands-on experience of creating FMEAs in many different organisations, using a simple, interactive, team-based approach – we can help you consider how to use FMEA efficiently and effectively in your organisation
We have experience of both Process FMEA and Design FMEA and can help you recognise which of these will help you improve your organisation
We have experience of using FMEA with Agile development
Our courses are highly interactive and use relevant examples and case studies

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Virtual Open Classroom

Virtual Open Classroom – 1 day

Inside the Virtual Open Classroom

The programme is delivered live over Zoom by our experienced instructors. We use a wide variety of techniques to create and engaging, participative and fun experience for the learners including breakout room exercises, polls/quizzes, online collaboration tools, hands-on exercises (where you have to stand up and move!) as well as live discussions.

Learning by doing in the virtual world!

Support Pack

All delegates receive:

Printed and pdf copies of the course slides
Blank FMEA templates which can be customised for your use

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Introduction to FMEA basic concepts

Risk management
What is an FMEA?
- Where and When to use it?
- Who prepares it and Why?

Creating a Process FMEA

Process FMEA strategy
Combining a process map with FMEA
Basic FMEA template and Cause & Effect diagrams
Failure Modes and Effects on Customers
Rating scales
What are the issues when assessing risk?
Prioritising risks using the Risk Priority Number (RPN)

Mitigating Actions

Hierarchy of Controls
Poka Yoke/Mistake proofing systems
Creative thinking tools and approaches

Implementing and Facilitating an FMEA

Team composition and roles
FMEA tips

Design FMEA

Where is it used?
Compare and contrast with Process FMEA