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Day
1: FMEA Fundamentals and
Product FMEAs.
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Introductory
concepts.
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FMEA and FMECA
definitions.
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FMEA objectives.
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Process versus
product FMEA.
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Pre-design, design,
and post-design effectiveness.
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Prediction versus
detection.
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The predictive
nature of FMEAs.
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Soliciting and
including appropriate expertise.
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Applicable
standards.
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Tabular analysis
organization.
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Class exercise.
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FMEA
Elements.
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Mechanical
component failure modes.
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Electronic
component failure modes.
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Electrical
equipment failure modes.
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Hydraulic equipment
failure modes.
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Assessing failure
effects at component, subassembly, next assembly, and system levels.
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Criticality
definitions and determinations.
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Product
FMEA Preparation.
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Tabular formats.
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Using Word and
Excel when preparing FMEAs and FMECAs.
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Class FMEA/FMECA
preparation exercise.
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Critical, major,
minor, and negligible definitions.
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Corrective and
preventive action.
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Corrective action
order of precedence.
Day
2: Process FMEAs, Advanced FMEA Concepts, and Course Wrap-Up.
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Process
FMEAs.
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Process versus
Product FMEAs.
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Assessing
production, operational, quality assessment, and administrative processes.
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Assessing
redundancy defeaters.
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Tapping outside
resources.
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Developing
improvement recommendations.
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Class exercise.
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FMEA
Quantification.
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Failure rates, MTBF,
and probability of failure.
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Failure rate
sources.
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Human error failure
rates.
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Failure rate versus
environment.
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MIL-HDBK-217F,
NPRD-95, and MIL-STD-1629.
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Dormant versus
active failure rates.
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Assessing storage
failure mechanisms.
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Class exercise.
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The
Failure Mode Effects Summary (FMES).
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FMES
purposes.
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Using
Excel’s sorting features to streamline FMES preparation.
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Quantifying
failure mode effects.
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The
FMEA Report.
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System
descriptions.
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Citing
data sources.
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Using
the FMEA to streamline reliability predictions.
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Embedding
Excel and *.pdf files to accelerate preparation.
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Related Analysis
Techniques.
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Related reliability
and system safety analyses.
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Other information
sources.
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FMEA
Cost Estimation.
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Estimating FMEA
preparation costs.
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Course
Summary, Review, and
Critique.
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Recap, Q/A, and evaluations
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