DFMEA’s definitely have a bad reputation as exercises that consume an enormous amount of time and unfortunately yield little value to the program.

And can be miserable to experience.

 

A quote from a customer “We aren’t going to do any more DFMEA’s because we feel a bit traumatized by the last round.”

I have also seen DFMEA’s be a cornerstone to a design program using its resources with surgical precision to improve the product.

I started to think about the differences between the ineffective and effective DFMEA’s.  Here are some of the steps that I believe make the “good ones”  GOOD. [Read more…]