FMEA Form v3.

PFMEA
(Rev.):
Process/Product Name: Shoulder Bag manufacturing Prepared By:
Responsible: FMEA Date (Orig.):

Potential Failure Potential Failure

OCCURRENCE (1 - 10)
Process Step/Input Potential Causes Current Controls Action Recommended

DETECTION (1 - 10)
Mode Effects

SEVERITY (1 - 10)

RPN
What is the impact on the What are the recommended
What is the process step, In what ways could the What causes the step, What controls exist that
customer if this failure is actions for reducing the
change or feature under step, change or feature change or feature to go either prevent or detect the
not prevented or occurrence of the cause or
investigation? go wrong? wrong? (how could it occur?) failure?
corrected? improving detection?

cutting of cloth in undercut or unable to fit human error comparison against automated cutting
4 4 2 32
appropriate shape overcut standard items template and laser inspection
Design error while approval from rapid protyping to
4 making a new 2 supervisor 3 24 compare with design
template
stiching of insufficient length compromises human error visual inspection by pull-test by UTM
5 4 2 40
shoulder straps of stitch structural integrety the operator
wrong type of thread visual inspection by random pul-test of
used the operator incoming material
5 3 5 75

installation of incomplete user disscomfort human error NA visual inspection by

adjustment buckle assembly 3 4 8 96 stage gate method

Broken buckle visual inspection by UTM by stage gate

3 3 the operator 6 54 way

worker training or
mis-aligned independant stiching 56 automating the
Zipper assembly zipper loses functionality 7 of meshing sides 2 post operation check 4 proccess
buckle loosens buckle material Service station gets plunging test for
42
over time loses functionality 7 selection 1 to know 6 bought material
zipper unmeshes safety of stored zipper assembly Service station gets fatigue UTM for max
72
upon tension equipment 6 fatigue 2 to know 6 load of zipper
Additional Vinyl
54
sticking vinyl peels off esthetic value 3 insufficient glue 3 retailers revert back 6 robotic application
humidity monitered
room
using line of glue
rather than bottles

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