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Potential Failure Modes and

Effects Analysis
(Information Sheet)

PFMEA Number:

Process Name:

Process Responsibility:

Prepared By:

Affected Product(s):

PFMEA Key Date:

PFMEA Origination Date:

PFMEA Revision Date:

Core Team Members:


Process Potential Failure S Potential O Current D R Responsible S O D R
Potential Failure Recommend Taken
Function Modes (process E Causes of C Process E P Person & E C E P
Effects (KPOVs) N Actions Actions
(Step) defects) V Failure (KPIVs) C Controls T Target Date V C T N

Part Failure during No Control after Transfer to


8 Assembly & Aging 4 circuit despatch 10 320 Design Philips

Input Wire Dry Visual Inspection Six Sigma


Project to be
register for
Solder Defects
2 8 3 9 216 ###
Suneel Singh-
Closer March
End

Elacap Dry Touch and Visual


8 3 Inspection 8 192

Input Wire Long Visual Inspection


Lead Shorting

1 Packing
person will
check for I/P
Long lead. Sudha /
8 4 5 160 2. Dixon will Pramod - 15
explore to have Feb
less strip length
at PCB side of
1 Lamp Dead Loss of Product Input wire

Track Broken ATE & Visual


8 2 Inspection 5 80

SMD Missing Non Visual Inspection


8 ATE 2 4 64

Wire Wrong Visual Inspection


8 Mounting 1 7 56

Component Missing Visual Inspection


8 Non ATE 3 2 48

DT Defective
8

Loose Wrapping
8
Process Potential Failure S Potential O Current D R Responsible S O D R
Potential Failure Recommend Taken
Function Modes (process E Causes of C Process E P Person & E C E P
Effects (KPOVs) N Actions Actions
(Step) defects) V Failure (KPIVs) C Controls T Target Date V C T N

Solder Short ATE & Visual


8 1 Inspection 2 16

3 Flickering ###

4 High Input Power ###

Not Glowing on Min.


5 ###
Voltage

Lamp Abnormal
6 ###
Behave

Reverse of Polarity ATE inspection


component

Loss of Resource &


Circuit Assembly
1 Low Lumens Material, may be 6 1 1 6
with DT scrap

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Process Potential Failure S Potential O Current D R Responsible S O D R
Potential Failure Recommend Taken
Function Modes (process E Causes of C Process E P Person & E C E P
Effects (KPOVs) N Actions Actions
(Step) defects) V Failure (KPIVs) C Controls T Target Date V C T N

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Process Potential Failure S Potential O Current D R Responsible S O D R
Potential Failure Recommend Taken
Function Modes (process E Causes of C Process E P Person & E C E P
Effects (KPOVs) N Actions Actions
(Step) defects) V Failure (KPIVs) C Controls T Target Date V C T N

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Process Potential Failure S Potential O Current D R Responsible S O D R
Potential Failure Recommend Taken
Function Modes (process E Causes of C Process E P Person & E C E P
Effects (KPOVs) N Actions Actions
(Step) defects) V Failure (KPIVs) C Controls T Target Date V C T N

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Process Potential Failure S Potential O Current D R Responsible S O D R
Potential Failure Recommend Taken
Function Modes (process E Causes of C Process E P Person & E C E P
Effects (KPOVs) N Actions Actions
(Step) defects) V Failure (KPIVs) C Controls T Target Date V C T N

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Process Potential Failure S Potential O Current D R Responsible S O D R
Potential Failure Recommend Taken
Function Modes (process E Causes of C Process E P Person & E C E P
Effects (KPOVs) N Actions Actions
(Step) defects) V Failure (KPIVs) C Controls T Target Date V C T N

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Process Potential Failure S Potential O Current D R Responsible S O D R
Potential Failure Recommend Taken
Function Modes (process E Causes of C Process E P Person & E C E P
Effects (KPOVs) N Actions Actions
(Step) defects) V Failure (KPIVs) C Controls T Target Date V C T N

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Severity of Effect
May endanger machine or operator. Hazardous without warning
Extreme

May endanger machine or operator. Hazardous with warning

Major disruption to production line. Loss of primary function, 100% scrap. Possible jig lock and
High

Major loss of Takt Time


Reduced primary function performance. Product requires repair or Major Variance.
Noticeable loss of Takt Time
Medium disruption of production. Possible scrap. Noticeable loss of takt time.
Moderate

Loss of secondary function performance. Requires repair or Minor Variance


Minor disruption to production. Product must be repaired.
Reduced secondary function performance.
Minor defect, product repaired or "Use-As-Is" disposition.
Fit & Finish item. Minor defect, may be reprocessed on-line.
Low

Minor Nonconformance, may be reprocessed on-line.


None

No effect
Rating
warning 10

warning 9
Possible jig lock and
8
Major Variance.
7
of takt time.
Variance 6
ed.
5
sition. 4
on-line. 3
ine. 2

1
Failure
Very High
Likelihood of Occurrence Rate
1 in 2
Failure is almost inevitable
1 in 3
1 in 8
High

Process is not in statistical control.


Similar processes have experienced problems. 1 in 20
1 in 80
Moderate

Process is in statistical control but with isolated failures.


Previous processes have experienced occasional 1 in 400
failures or out-of-control conditions.
1 in 2000
Process is in statistical control. 1 in 15k
Low

Process is in statistical control. Only isolated 1 in 150k


failures associated with almost identical processes.
Remote

Failure is unlikely. No known failures associated 1 in 1.5M


with almost identical processes.
Failure Capability
Rate (Cpk) Rating
1 in 2 < .33 10
1 in 3 > .33 9
1 in 8 > .51 8
1 in 20 > .67 7
1 in 80 > .83 6
1 in 400 > 1.00 5
1 in 2000 > 1.17 4
1 in 15k > 1.33 3

1 in 150k > 1.50 2

1 in 1.5M > 1.67 1


Very Low Likelihood that control will detect failure Rating

No known control(s) available to detect failure mode. 10

9
Low

Controls have a remote chance of detecting the failure.


8
7
Moderate

Controls may detect the existence of a failure 6


5
Controls have a good chance of detecting the existence 4
High

of a failure 3
Very High

The process automatically detects failure. 2


Controls will almost certainly detect the existence of
a failure. 1
Rating

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