Two-day hands-on course on system and design FMEA using the AIAG-VDA seven-step approach, from boundary and P diagrams to risk analysis, optimisation and design verification planning (DVP&R), with an optional certification exam.
A how-to course for people who create or facilitate design FMEAs, with about half the time spent in workshops. It works through the AIAG-VDA seven steps: planning and preparation, structure analysis (system FMEA versus design FMEA, boundary diagrams, P diagrams and interface matrices, structure trees), function analysis (design functions, requirements flow-down and bidirectional traceability), failure analysis (failure chains, single-point and multipoint faults), risk analysis and design controls (prevention and detection controls, special characteristics), optimisation and results documentation. A final chapter covers test planning and reporting through the design verification plan and report (DVP&R). It also covers transition from AIAG 4th edition or VDA FMEAs, use with other safety analysis tools, links to process FMEA and control plans, and the role of FMEA software.
Omnex states the approach is consistent with the AIAG-VDA FMEA Handbook (1st edition, 2019), APQP 3rd edition (2024) and IATF 16949:2016. An optional certification exam is offered; facilitator training and product workshops can be added for onsite delivery. Omnex also runs a mechatronic systems edition of the same two-day course, which adds a chapter on supplemental analysis tools for mechatronic systems: FMEDA, fault tree analysis and their relationship with FMEA, and the treatment of single and multipoint failures.
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APQP phases · Concurrent engineering · DFMEA purpose and link to PFMEA
System FMEA versus design FMEA · Boundary diagrams, P diagrams and interface matrix · Requirements flow-down and bidirectional traceability
Failure chain and failure net analysis · Single-point and multipoint faults · Prevention and detection controls; special characteristics
Design validation plan · Requirements management and noise factors · Testing strategies and methods
Omnex offers an optional AIAG-VDA DFMEA certification exam.
Certification relevance indicates subject-matter relevance only. It does not imply accreditation, formal alignment or endorsement by any certifying body.
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