Video 4: PFMEA Step 4 Failure Analysis
About this lesson
The "Failure Analysis" video guides you through identifying failure modes, causes, and effects to establish a clear "Failure Chain" required for risk assessment. It explains how to trace the relationship from a physical cause, such as a robot dropping a part, through the failure mode, and finally to the effect experienced by the internal or external customer, using practical examples to illustrate these connections.
You will understand how to describe failure effects from the perspective of the end-user, the OEM, and the manufacturing plant to ensure a comprehensive risk profile. The lesson teaches the methodology for identifying potential failure modes and linking them to specific causes derived from the earlier 4M analysis, enabling a clear view of how process deviations can lead to product non-conformance.