1. Understanding the challenges of FMECA

When it comes to business risk, there are several possible scenarios:

• ideal case: the risk is known and controlled by preventive procedures and measures;

• borderline case: the risk is often controlled, with situations that escape us;

• another borderline case: the risk is only controlled for serious cases;

• critical case: the risk is unknown, no measures are in place to deal with it.

The aim of FMECA is to use a factual, exhaustive approach to move towards an ideal risk control situation.

This analysis method can be used for many purposes: to control the production of a new product, or to ensure the reliability of production resources or processes. Depending on the situation, different...