FMECA
AN ESSENTIAL TOOL TO CONTROL QUALITY AND SAFETY

" We chose the quality because the luck had become too expensive. " (Jean Abraham) " In the running in the quality, there is no finishing line. " (David Kearns) " The quality is never an accident; it is always the result of an intelligent effort. " (John Ruskin)

Failure Modes Effects Critically Analysis
 
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If it acts of a new entity or not, it is necessary to make a functional cutting of it to identify and treat the functions on a hierarchical basis in order to look for the failures*.  The research of the functions is carried out by studying the connection between the product, the process or the service with its environment. It is a question of identifying created links, of defining the constraints and of organizing the existing elements
For a product, a means of production or software: diagram of functional analysis.

Example:

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Functional decomposition
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Function :
F1 : to be visible and locatable under all conditions
F2 : to isolate the user from the climatic conditions
F3 : easily maintained  
F4 : to be able to be repaired
F5 : easily installed and uninstalled
F6 : is able to be organised

 
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Diagramme d'analyse fonctionnelle
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Constraints :
C1 : adaptable
C2 : in conformity with normal standards
C3 : has a minimum volume
C4 : is in style
C5 : has forms and is in materials ensuring the safety of the skier
C6 : respects the fabrics

 
 

 

Figure 2 : Diagramme d'analyse fonctionnelle, (d'après Exprimer le besoin - AFAV. Afnor, 1989).

 

 

For a process: traditional synoptic diagram or of logical the boxes type. Example:

 
 
Figure 3 : Diagramme d'analyse fonctionnelle, (d'après Exprimer le besoin - AFAV. Afnor, 1989).