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Was wondering if anyone has consistently used FMEA as a tool for identifying possible failures or pitfalls in Acquisitions or New Facility Startups.
I have been pushing people to use FMEAs actively as planning tools in our organization by amending the rankings slightly to fit the situations. For instance, we recently brought a new line on in one of our facilities. In order to bring the line up, we had to shut everything down and re-install the software to include the buffers. We did this on a weekend to avoid interrupting shipments to customers. Prior to the project, we did a FMEA to brainstorm potential failures, (ie can not get software to reinstall) and from that put some contingency plans in place for our top RPNs. We often do these kind of FMEA activities when we undertake a new project. We also use the Rankings to kind of score ourselves and our success in the project. We may start with a risk factor of 1000 and end up reducing the risk factor to 200 by taking actions as a result of the FMEA.
Now I am looking to use this tool for new facility startups and for acquisition activities. I was kinda hoping that someone had already traveled this road and had some suggestions for failure modes and ranking criteria.
Thanks in advance for any and all advice - -
I have been pushing people to use FMEAs actively as planning tools in our organization by amending the rankings slightly to fit the situations. For instance, we recently brought a new line on in one of our facilities. In order to bring the line up, we had to shut everything down and re-install the software to include the buffers. We did this on a weekend to avoid interrupting shipments to customers. Prior to the project, we did a FMEA to brainstorm potential failures, (ie can not get software to reinstall) and from that put some contingency plans in place for our top RPNs. We often do these kind of FMEA activities when we undertake a new project. We also use the Rankings to kind of score ourselves and our success in the project. We may start with a risk factor of 1000 and end up reducing the risk factor to 200 by taking actions as a result of the FMEA.
Now I am looking to use this tool for new facility startups and for acquisition activities. I was kinda hoping that someone had already traveled this road and had some suggestions for failure modes and ranking criteria.
Thanks in advance for any and all advice - -

