FMEA

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

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

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

The primary objective of any Lean Six Sigma initiative is to reduce variability. (variability of both the process and its outcomes)

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is one of the most popular Lean Six Sigma methodologies. FMEA analysis is used:

To initially design any system, product, or process
To subsequently change the system, product, or process
To define foreseeable risks
To prioritize attention to key process input variables that have the most probable impact on the desired and undesired outcomes
To assess the effectiveness of attempts to control variability

FMEA Training & Demo Videos

FMEA videos
- FMEA training video (5 mins)
- Introduction to Lean Kaizen DMAIC Six Sigma (13 min DMAIC training video)
Additional training relevant to this template
The Sample and Help worksheets of every template also contain training relevant to THAT template
- Introduction to Systems2win templates (5 min video)
- How to find Help & Training for any Systems2win template
- Training & Demos home page
- Also see the rest of the Six Sigma tools that come bundled with your FMEA template

So what is the difference between FMEA and EMEA?

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

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

New features in versions 5 & 6

Data validation tables speed data entry and reduce data entry errors.

Data export to Root Cause Analysis now supports Excel 2007.

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* Easy ways to find & open templates.
* New stencil of Link Icons for creating links to related documents.
* New flag icons - to link to multi-language documents.

Easily sync templates in each local PC with master templates in your S2winPortal. Benefits:
* Easily distribute personalized templates to all of your users.
* You can even use our Sync system to distribute your own (non-Systems2win) personalized templates! (Think about it... Doesn't your company have some of your own Six Sigma Word and Excel templates that you would like to distribute to all of your Green Belts?)
* Easier for laptop users to always have access to your company's latest templates - even when disconnected from your network.

Even better compatibility with more versions of Windows and Office.
* More templates now support Office 2007.
* Better support for International languages, and international versions of Windows and Office.

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Stencil of Link Icons
to easily add hyperlinks to related documents

Flag icons
to link to working documents
in multiple languages

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

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The FMEA template is demonstrated thoroughly
in our free Six Sigma on-line training video