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FMEA

Excel template for Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Also known as Error Mode Effects Analysis (EMEA)
and Design DFMEA and Process PFMEA

The FMEA template is a powerful DMAIC Lean Six Sigma tool
used to anticipate quality problems, and to take actions to minimize risks.

FMEA Excel template

Example of a sample FMEA

Like every Systems2win Excel template, the FMEA xls is fully editable and customizable, and comes with a sample FMEA sheet containing extensive online help and online training - so that your Six Sigma team members can devote their valuable time to actually performing analysis and problem-solving - rather than "inventing an FMEA form".

Easily export data  
from your Excel FMEA spreadsheet
to the Systems2win Fishbone Diagram template
to perform Root Cause Analysis

 FMEA template Root Cause Analysis

New Features for Master FMEA

In April 2011, we added new features and training to allow you to maintain a master FMEA template,
from which you can then:

  1. Filter by Process or Product Family
  2. Use special features to copy & paste only your filtered data

so that you can quickly copy from your Master FMEA to multiple FMEA's for similar products or services.

FMEA Control Plan Excel template

After taking initial Corrective Actions prescribed in the FMEA,
the next step is to use a Control Plan to more diligently control product and process characteristics identified in the FMEA that have high Severity and/or Risk Priority Number (RPN).

FMEA Control Plan Excel template

User-defined dropdown data lists dramatically reduce data entry errors - thereby making Filter so much more reliable when you want to filter and analyze your list.

Have you tried making your own dropdown lists?

One of our customers purchased their Systems2win templates after devoting an entire day to learning how to create elegant dropdown lists in Excel, only to find that when the worksheet was copied, none of those dropdown lists worked on the copied worksheet.

It's an Excel bug.

And it's really nasty to fix. Our programmer (who is has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Partner for over 10 years) took a full day to program a fix using Visual Basic.

FMEA Control Plan

The end result is that all of your Systems2win templates now elegantly shield you from the Excel bugs that make it so difficult to create & use dropdown data lists in your home-made Excel templates.

Some of your lean leaders might enjoy developing their own home-grown Excel templates, but are they good at it? Even if they are good at it, wouldn't their time be better spent using professional tools to improve processes? (or perhaps using their Excel skills to extend and personalize the already-very-good Systems2win templates - rather than re-inventing inferior tools from scratch)

 

Time Saving Tip: This Control Plan can often serve as the 4th Phase of QFD.

The primary objective of any Lean Six Sigma initiative
is to reduce variability

and your Systems2win templates reduce the variability in your systems for reducing variability

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis is one of the most popular Lean Six Sigma methodologies to reduce variability in both the end product or service that is delivered to the customer, and variability in the processes that make or deliver it.

FMEA analysis is used:

  1. To initially design any system, product, or process
  2. To subsequently change the system, product, or process
  3. To define foreseeable risks
  4. To prioritize attention to key process input variables that have the most probable impact on the desired and undesired outcomes
  5. To assess the effectiveness of attempts to control variability
  6. To prevent recurrence of problems surfaced though 8D problem solving and Corrective Action Reports

 

FMEA Training & Demo Videos

FMEA Videos & Training

Additional training
relevant to this template

The Sample and Help worksheets of every template
always contain training relevant to THAT template

 

Also see the rest of the Six Sigma tools
that come bundled with your FMEA template

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make sure your sound is on
Video Help

 

FMEA video FMEA video

 

 

So what is the difference between FMEA, DFMEA, PFMEA and EMEA?

You can create separate working documents from this same Excel template for your Design FMEA and your Production FMEA.

Some systems and processes are more focused on "errors" rather than "failures". The concepts are identical, even when the title changes to Error Mode and Effects Analysis (EMEA).

By any name, EMEA software is essentially identical to FMEA software - and your Systems2win Excel template can be easily personalized with the label of your choice.

Suggested Reading and Resources

     

This FMEA template comes bundled with all the other Six Sigma tools

 

 

and you can empower every team member
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