Implementation of Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis in the Production of Automotive Parts

In the present financial and economic context, the automotive industry faces new challenges posed by the current crisis, companies must ensure quality products delivered on time at a competitive price. One of the most recommended techniques of quality management by specific standards of the automotive industry, product development is Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA). This method provides improved quality and product reliability by identifying solutions and corrective actions to eliminate the failure mode or to damp the adverse effects. The automotive industry it is integrated into the standards of quality through time proven effectiveness and simplicity and transparency of the procedures defining analysis. It offers the possibility to remove problems both in the design of products and in the production processes.