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FMEA stands for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. Teams use it to identify how a product, component or process could fail, the consequences of that failure and the controls that reduce the risk.

A DFMEA analyses risks in a product or design, such as a pump seal or battery. A PFMEA analyses risks in the process used to make, assemble, package or deliver it, such as picking the wrong item or making an incomplete seal.

Severity rates how serious the effect is. Occurrence rates how likely the cause is to happen. Detection rates how likely current controls are to find the issue before it reaches the next step or customer. The ratings are normally set using the team's agreed criteria.

The worksheet calculates a Risk Priority Number by multiplying Severity, Occurrence and Detection. Some FMEA methods also use Action Priority, which considers the combination of ratings when deciding whether action is needed.

Include the item or process step, its function, failure modes, effects, causes, prevention and detection controls, ratings and actions. Use clear, specific wording so the team can connect each action to the risk it addresses.

Yes. Add a failure mode, change a rating or include a new control as the design or process becomes better understood, then review the updated priority with the team.