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FMEA Worksheet

Rank the risks before they ship.

FMEA is a disciplined way to ask what could go wrong, how bad it would be, and whether you would catch it in time. Each failure mode gets a risk number from Severity, Occurrence, and Detection, so a team fixes the real risks instead of the loudest worry.

Time45–90 min
FormatScored worksheet
SavesPDF · JSON record
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What it is

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. You list every way a process can fail and score each one by how bad it is, how often it happens, and how likely you are to catch it.

When to use it

Before launching a new job, press, or process, or after a serious escape. It points limited effort at the risks that matter most.

How to run it

For each failure mode, rate Severity, Occurrence, and Detection from 1 to 10. The risk number (RPN) is their product; attack the highest first.

Saved

Worked example: print and laminate

One failure mode is "laminate traps a bubble." The effect is a reprint, so Severity is 7. It happens now and then, so Occurrence is 4. The operator usually spots it before it ships, so Detection is 3. RPN is 7 x 4 x 3 = 84. Another mode, "wrong substrate loaded," scores 8 x 2 x 6 = 96 and jumps the queue because it is hard to detect. The numbers, not the loudest voice, set the order.