Topic: FMEA

Scenario: Imagine you just started your first full-time position at Company TBD. During your second

week, your supervisor wants you to participate in an FMEA for a new product that is under

development. In preparation for the FMEA, she asks you to learn as much as you can on your own.

You are welcome to use any resources to find information including, but not limited to, the internet,

acquaintance with knowledge or similar. You may not use generative Al like ChatGPT to formulate

your responses below.

What does FMEA stand for? Where was it invented and what types of projects was it applied initially?

Along with the FMEA, there is something called the Task Hazard Analysis? Explain the purpose of the

THA.

Describe the following Quality Engineering tools:

Failure Modes -

• Severity-

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Probability/Likelihood -

Detection -

RPN-/nClose

ME 490 Lifelong Learning Reflection - FMEA

Why is it important that the team conducting a FMEA be cross-functional (people representing

different functions, technical and non-technical)?

What were your sources of information? If they were from the internet, paste the URL's below. If they

were from a person, please provide their name, company and contact email. We may check the

validity of web sites provided and contact the person whose information was provided.