Making the PFMEA user friendly for the production floor personnel

Jim Wynne

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PFMEA, Control Plan and Work Instructions

I think it's usually best to keep all process documentation except relevant work instructions off of the production floor. It should all be accessible to anyone who wants to see it, though. If the FMEA process is properly executed, production workers were involved from the start, and should be aware. The PCP doesn't need to be on the floor if there are comprehensive controlled work instructions, and those instructions are referenced in the control plan. For this reason, writing of work instructions should *precede* or at least be concurrent with, the documentation of the control plan. The PCP and PFMEA documents are records, not work instructions.
 
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Jim Wynne

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bkreps73 said:
Where I was coming from is that upper management feels that the FMEA would be a useful tool on the floor. What I am trying to explain to them is all of the checks on the operation inspection instruction sheets come from the control plan, which in-turn come from the FMEA. My opinion is that they are not very helpful after the fact (die has been built, or transferred). I am making them mandatory at receipt of customer's print. We start them at our die design meeting (not design responsible). How do we address all of the 600 part numbers that have not had FMEA's?

I really appreciate all of your help. :frust:

Don't confuse the container with the thing contained. Just because all of your 600 parts don't have PFMEA *documents* associated with then doesn't mean that no failure analysis was done. The PFMEA document is only a record of that process, and should never be done retroactively unless you want to start from scratch with all of the 600 parts.
 
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