AIAG-VDA PFMEA – With One Of The Writers Of The AIAG-VDA FMEA Handbook

by Mary Rowzee published on June 23, 2020

The AIAG-VDA FMEA has updated the AIAG FMEA document that had been used in industry since the 1960s. The FMEA document is one of the five Core Tools (APQP, FMEA, SPC, MSA and PPAP) that have been popular in many industries including Automotive, Aerospace, Medical Devices, and many others. There are two popular formats of FMEA, the one used by AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) and, in Germany, the one used by VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie). The AIAG FMEA work group harmonized both methods into a single handbook. The result is the AIAG-VDA FMEA first edition released in June 2019.

This new AIAG-VDA FMEA follows a seven step process for both DFMEA and PFMEA. In the PFMEA the Process Flow is replaced by a structure tree that details the process steps and the 4 M – Man, Machine, Material and Environment. The AIAG-VDA FMEA and the AIAG 4th Edition are similar, but different. Watch this webinar recording to learn from Mary Rowzee, who was in both the AIAG-VDA FMEA and AIAG 4th Edition teams, and can explain the similarities and differences between both documents.

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Mary Rowzee

Mary Rowzee is an Omnex consultant with extensive experience and achievements in Quality Systems development, implementation and auditing to ISO 9000 series and IATF 16949 standards; Six Sigma Black Belt Problem Solving and Advance Quality Tools including: Design and Process FMEA, Design and Process Verification and Test Planning, Complex Statistical Analyses and Reliability Prediction, Modelling and Risk Reduction. Mary is a writing member of AIAG-VDA FMEA 1st edition and the Core Tools Guidelines: SPC 2nd edition, MSA 4th edition, EFMEA 1st edition, PPAP 4th edition and APQP 2nd edition. Mary has been actively leading industry practices and application of ISO 26262 Functional Safety Standard for Electrical/ Electronic Products; Software FMEAs, ASPICE, CMMI and Quality; Supplemental Monitoring and Systems Response (MSR) FMEAs; Safety of the Intended Functionality (SOTIF) ISO 21448 and use of Safety Engineering tools (Reliability Block Diagrams, Hazard and Risk Analyses, Addressing ASIL rated risks) in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). She also served as GM Global representative on AIAG-VDA and SAE Quality Standards development teams.