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Guest commentary: This failure analysis method is essential to industry’s future

Google “FMEA” and you’re likely to find a variety of definitions. Risk assessment tool. Process methodology. Predictive failure analysis. It’s used as a noun, a verb and an adjective. So, what is it ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Prepare For Success With A Failure Mode And Effects Analysis And Control Plan

In order to proactively handle potential process or product errors before they occur in manufacturing or on a customer’s production line, many organizations implement a Failure Mode and Effects ...
Purdue University

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

FMEA is a process for analysis of potential failure modes within a design, process, or product, classified by severity or determination of the effect of failures on the system. Widely used in ...
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Quantitative aspects of failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) scoring in a prospective safety study of a large academic radiation oncology department.

The 2008 National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Research Benchmarking Survey (RBS): Clinical trials (CTs) operations in the academic center. Background: Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) ...
Electronic Design

Know Your Safety Application Notes (Part 2): Failure Mode Distribution

This article provides insights into the importance of an IC’s pin failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to comply with functional-safety standards such as IEC 61508 and ISO... 1. FMEA and its ...