Process general Evaluation Criteria Severity (S)

S Effect Impact to your Plant Impact to ship-to plant (when Known) Impact to End User (When Known)
Affects safe operation of the vehicle
Failure may in an acute health Failure may in an acute health and/or
and/or vehicles, the health of driver
10 and/or safety risk for the safety risk for the manufacturing or
or passenger(S) or road user or
High manufacturing or assembly worker assembly worker
pedestrians.
Failure may result in in-plant Failure may result in in-plant regulatory
9 Non compliance with regulations.
regulatory noncompliance noncompliance
100% of production run affected Line shutdown greater than full shift; stop
may have to be scrapped. Failure shipment possible; field repair or Loss of primary vehicle function
may result in in-plant regulatory replacement required (Assembly to end necessary for normal driving during
8 nonconformance or may have user) Other than for regulatory expected service life.
chronic health and/or safety risk nonconformance. Failure may result in in-
for the manufacturing or assembly plant regulatory noncompliance or may
Moderately have chronic health and/or safety risk for
worker.
High the manufacturing or assembly worker.
Product may have to be sorted and Line shutdown greater from 1 hour to full
a portion (less than 100%) shift; Degradation of primary vehicle
7 scrapped; Stop shipment possible; field repair or function necessary for normal
deviation from primary process; replacement required (Assembly or end driving during expected service life.
decreed line speed or added user)Other than for regulatory
manpower. noncompliance.

100% of production run may have

6 Line shutdown up to one hour Loss of secondary vehicle function
to be reworked off line and
accepted

Moderately A portion of the production run Less than 100% of product affected; strong Degradation of secondary vehicle
5
Low may have to be reworked off line possibility for additional defective function
and accepted product; sort required, not line shut down
Very Objectionable appearance
100% of production run may have Defective product triggers significant
sound vibration, harshness, or
4 to be reworked in station before it reaction plan; additional defective product
haptics.
is processed not likely; sort not required

A portion of the production run
may have to be reworked in-
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station before it is processed
Low
Moderately Objectionable
Defective product triggers minor reaction appearance, sound vibration,
plan; additional defective product not harshness, or haptics.
likely; sort not required

Defective product triggers no reaction Slight Objectionable appearance,

Slight inconvenience to the plan; additional defective product not sound vibration, harshness, or
2
process operation or operator likely; sort not required; require feedback haptics.
to supplier
Very Low No Discernible Effect No Discernible Effect or No effect No Discernible Effect
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