FMEA Auditing

Auditing Tools

AutoDCP includes several tools that are useful for auditing Process Flow Diagrams, FMEAs and Control Plans. These tools include the following:

• Incomplete Process Flow Diagrams, FMEAs and Control Plans
• Non-Standard Phrases in FMEAs and Control Plans
• Incomplete Recommended Actions
• Annual FMEA Review Tracking
• Completed Recommended Action Tracking
• Corrective Action Tracking

FMEA Analysis

FMEA Stats

AutoDCP provides extensive risk analysis tools. The first of these is the ability to analyze the numeric scores across all FMEAs by Failure Mode, Operation or Project. The minimum, maximum and average for each numeric column on the FMEA is shown. From any of these summary views, one can drill down to the underlying records in the FMEA that comprise a statistic. This tool exposes any inconsistent scoring by users who are creating and maintaining FMEAs.

Continuous Improvement Dashboards

To measure continuous improvement, AutoDCP FMEA software contains the proprietary Quality P&L which automatically calculates baseline and current risk statistics as well as the amount of improvement. These are available by project, operation and over time  in both a numerical and graphical  presentation.

Corrective Action Link

To validate FMEAs, they are linked to Corrective Actions (CAR) such that you can see trends in CARs and use the FMEA as an early warning system to detect problems. AutoDCP corrective action linking enables comparison of actual events  versus your risk forecast.

Flex FMEA

In addition to these tools, Flex FMEA  Technology enables analysis on demand in ways previously unavailable with Excel spreadsheets or other software. With Flex FMEA, you can analyze high RPN values by customer, engineer, department or other user-defined areas.

Executive Dashboards

Executive Dashboards offer management summary and drill down views of risk by project, operation, user-defined fields, failure mode or cause. Since these dashboards use the current risk calculation from the continuous improvement area, they are always live and up to date. As you update FMEAs with Recommended Actions the Dashboards are updated as well.

Finch Risk Diagrams

Finch Risk Diagrams predict the actual events that will occur based on all the FMEA information in the database. This tool makes it easy to visualize the risk in a facility and prioritize quality improvement efforts.