Add initial state prevention or detection actions for a failure

You can create prevention or detection actions for failures in the FMEA tree even if they are not linked to a failure cause.

Specify initial state prevention actions for a failures

Procedure

1. Open the FMEA and click the Risk Analysis and Optimization tab.

2. In the Failure Actions table, click Add > Prevention Action or Prevention Action from Template.

3. In the Add Quality Action panel, specify the required parameters.If you select Prevention Action from Template, in the Add Quality Action from Template panel, select the required template from the list of existing templates and click Select.

4. Click Add.

The system automatically creates the Initial State group, if it is not already created, and adds the quality action to it.

5. To specify an occurrence value, in the Failure Actions table, select the action group, or expand the action group to select an action, double-click the required cell in the Occurrence column, and select a value from the list.

Specify initial state detection actions for a failure

Procedure

1. Open the FMEA and click the Risk Analysis and Optimization tab.

2. In the Failure Actions table, click Add > Initial Action Group.

3. Select Initial State and click Add > Detection Action or Detection Action from Template.

4. In the Add Quality Action panel, specify the required parameters.If you select Detection Action from Template, in the Add Quality Action from Template panel, select the required template from the list of existing templates and click Select.

5. Click Add.

The system automatically creates the Initial State group, if it is not already created, and adds the quality action to it.

6. To specify detection value, in the Failure Actions table, select the action group, or expand the action group to select an action, double-click the required cell in the Detection column, and select a value from the list.