“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” Sun Tzu

The Oxford English dictionary defines “detection” as “discovery (of what is unknown or hidden); finding out.”

Reference the article Understanding FMEA Detection – Part 1 which discusses how Detection is defined and applied in FMEA.

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What strategies can be used to reduce occurrence risk in an FMEA?

“Luck is not chance, it’s toil; fortune’s expensive smile is earned.”
Emily Dickinson

The Oxford English dictionary defines “occurrence” as “the fact or frequency of something happening.”

Reference the article Understanding FMEA Occurrence Risk – Part 1 which discusses how Occurrence is defined and applied in FMEA.

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What strategies can be used to reduce severity risk in an FMEA?

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”
Winston Churchill

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The Oxford English dictionary defines “strategy” as “a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.”

Reference the article Understanding FMEA Severity Risk – Part 1 which discusses how Severity is defined and applied in FMEA.

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Selecting Which FMEAs to Do

FMEAs take time and cost money. They should be done when a certain level of risk can be effectively addressed by the FMEA procedure. Preliminary Risk Assessment is a procedure that uses company-determined criteria to select which FMEAs to do.

“The key is to schedule your priorities.” ― Steven Covey

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