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The Development Of A Fmea Process For Design And Maintenance, Tearesa Lynn Wegscheid
The Development Of A Fmea Process For Design And Maintenance, Tearesa Lynn Wegscheid
Masters Theses
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a systematic way to identify and evaluate potential product and process related failure modes, the associated causes of failures, and the necessary actions to eliminate or reduce the chance of the failure. There are a number of published manuals and books on FMEA. The materials provide a definition of the FMEA form and examples of the Design and Process FMEA. However, there are many inconsistencies throughout the literature. As a result, FMEA is not always value-added.
The thesis is twofold. First, it documents a case study that uses Design FMEA extensively. The case …