Do you use software and/or database for FMEAs rather than Excel?

Jen Kirley

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Hey everybody, :bigwave:

I am interested in finding a way to convert our FMEAs in Excel form to a database.

Does anyone have an Access based FMEA system?

Does anyone use software for FMEAs, and if so, what is it and is it performing well for you?

Thank you in advance!
 
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Gert Sorensen

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Re: Do you use software for FMEAs?

Bill Ryan has used it quite extensively. I think you should PM him :)
 

Miner

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I have used and recommend FMEA-Pro software by Dyadem. It has the capability for integrated FMEA and Control Plans if you set them up in advance. Or you can do the FMEA separately. I had previously used early versions of Omnex, Powerway and a third that I can no longer remember. FMEA-Pro wins hands-down. It is intuitive and flexible.
 

Stijloor

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Friends,

I have seen many software programs for FMEA: Excel, Access, "home-grown" programs based on Access, commercially available packages, etc. They can all be of great help to manage and control the FMEA information. However, they can never be a substitute for the creative/discovery/analysis process that FMEA requires. Many times, these FMEA packages are purchased in the hope that they will do all the "hard FMEA thinking work." That, my friends, is not the case. A poorly defined FMEA process can not be fixed and improved with software. To quote Dr. W. Edwards Deming: "There's no instant pudding."

Stijloor.
 
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Gert Sorensen

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You are right Stijloor, there is no substitute for thinking (almost no substitute) but there are definitely ways to help you think better and clearer, and some of the FMEA software may do that. IMHO :eek:
 
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Jerome

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We use Excel to.
The only downside actually (for us) is that you don't have a central toolbox with arguments you can use.
But you'll build that 'as you go' I guess.

Also looked for some commercial tools, but they looked like 'fancy' excel sheets to me.
 

Jen Kirley

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I have used and recommend FMEA-Pro software by Dyadem. It has the capability for integrated FMEA and Control Plans if you set them up in advance. Or you can do the FMEA separately. I had previously used early versions of Omnex, Powerway and a third that I can no longer remember. FMEA-Pro wins hands-down. It is intuitive and flexible.
Thanks for this suggestion, Miner. How much does the software cost?

The flash video makes it look like the software facilitates the FMEA process. Does it make FMEAs easy for the non-QA person to use--people like young process engineers?
 
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Kevin McG

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Don't complicate the FMEA process even more. If Excel works, continue with it. Software is rarely the reason why FMEAs are not effective. My suggestion is when your excel FMEAs are working well, then look to convert them - in which case you probably won't need to.

KMcG
 
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