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FMEA Training - AIAG & VDA FMEA

The “New FMEA” is signaficantly improved compared to “FMEA Classic”

We collaborate with PROQUAL in Poland and recommend PQ-FMEA as a tool for AIAG & VDA FMEA. Feel free to read more here and how you can download a complete free version for a limited time.

You can visit the PQ FMEA website via the link below, where a trial version of their software is available for download:

PQ FMEA website

About WEDEAQ

WEDEAQ Scandinavia AB is a Swedish consulting company specializing in quality management and quality development in the automotive business according to requirements in IATF 16949 and based on methods from VDA QMC and AIAG. We have more than a decade of experience in the field and are the official licensed partner of VDA QMC in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.

We provide expert-led training, internal audits, consulting services, and translated VDA publications to support manufacturers in meeting international automotive quality standards. Our services are designed for companies across Scandinavia and the Baltic region – including Estonia – that aim to improve their quality systems, prepare for certification, and enhance process performance.

We operate in:

Sweden

Finland

Norway

Denmark

Estonia

The only official VDA QMC partner in the Nordics.

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Our courses in Design-/Process FMEA Qualification

In 2019, AIAG (USA) & VDA (Germany) together presented a new method for conducting failure effect analysis. This was the result of a project that had been going on for three years and the intention of this was to harmonise the two existing approaches to the implementation of risk analyses for products and processes.

This 2-day training is developed by VDA QMC in Germany and intends to provide a basic knowledge of the new method, significant differences and news as well as what is of great importance to succeed with the practical FMEA work. The course consists largely of practical exercises and ends with a written course test where approval means certification by the VDA QMC.

The goal is for the participants to understand the significant differences from the previous version and, together with previous knowledge, be able to implement FMEA according to the new method so that new projects are approved by the OEMs for project review with, for example, VDA 6.3.

Wedeaq Scandinavia is responsible for the Swedish translation of the handbook AIAG & VDA FMEA and is the only company in Sweden authorized by VDA QMC to perform training in the new FMEA version.

COURSE CONTENT/AGENDA

Step 1 – Planning
Design FMEA – Process FMEA – FMEA MSR
Step 2: Structural analysis
Step 3: Functional analysis
Good and bad word choice in FMEA Parameter diagram
Step 4: Failure analysis
- Structure tree – functional grid
- Potential failures
Step 5 – Risk analysis
- Severity (S) Causes of error:
- Occurance (O)
- Discovery (D) .
- Prevention and detection measures
- AP and S O D
Determining Action Priorities (AP)
Step 6 – Optimization
- ‘Two options: Actions or reasons
- Weighting of S O D
- Responsibilities of management
- PDCA – Plan Do Check Act
- S-M-A-R-T
Step 7 – Documentation
- Transfer to special properties
- Determination of special characteristics
- Evaluation/Solution
- Pyramid of communication; Standards and regulations
Transfer to MSR: ESP SFM lists for MSR.

February 25-25

Training

AIAG & VDA FMEA

Location

Taitotalo, Helsinki

Date

February 25-25

Price (EUR)

1350

Course ID

4112-609

Availability

Participants

Due Date Registation

2026-02-01

Application

AIAG & VDA FMEA - OVERVIEW

If you can prioritize your risks you can also work effectivly with improvements

There are many ways to do preventive risk analysis, but the most widely accepted is FMEA, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. An FMEA can be done for a system, product or process and in all cases the Failure Mode, Probability and Detectability are analyzed.

It has been widely used in the automotive industry for more than 50 years with roughly the same structure. Now an improved version has been developed that improves the final result. A brief description of the content is also available in the white paper (pdf).

NEW: Software is now available to support and effectively implement AIAG & VDA FMEA; PQ-FMEA

What is FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect analysis)?

A Failure Mode and Effect analysis, FMEA is a way to determine risks for, for example, a product, a process or a system. Instead of allowing only discussions and strong individuals to influence the order of priority for risks of a phenomenon, an FMEA provides a standardized way of coming to agreements about risks. In the new version of FMEA developed by AIAG & VDA, the way to finally evaluate the risks has been improved with the aim of making the method an engine in a continuous work with risk minimization and improvements. Five “T:s” form the basis for work with FMEA according to the new model.

FMEA InTent – Why are we doing FMEA?
FMEA Team – Who needs to be on the team?
FMEA Task – What work needs to be done?
FMEA Tool – How do we conduct the analysis?
FMEA Timing – When is this due?

Why FMEA?

A Failure Mode & Effect Analysis is a cross-functional , systematic and analytical method intended for:

evaluating potential technical risks for failures in a product, process or system
analyze causes and effects to such failures
document preventive and detective actions

An FMEA may/should be carried out/updated when (examples):

Development of a new product or process,
A new business situation
A new project
etc

Who can benefit from FMEA Training?

Knowledge and competence in FMEA should be held by many people in a company. With the new method, it becomes even more important to ensure that competence permeates the company from people who are engaged in some form of development via project groups to the company’s management team and this regardless of whether it concerns technical products or administrative services.

”Top management is responsible for the introduction of FMEA. Basically, it is top management that bears the final responsibility for identified risks and proposed risk reduction measures in FMEA.”

Tools - PQ FMEA

PQ FMEA (NEWS)

PQ FMEA from PROQUAL allows you to easily perform basic and family FMEAs according to the AIAG & VDA 7-step model and develop action plans and control plans for individual products.

We will soon develop menus in the program in Swedish.

Further development and training in FMEA

We give you value in our FMEA trainings and build our trainings on material from VDA QMC and have also developed our own material. Therefore, we provide four options of training, depending on needs and background:

Basic (VDA 442); Two days of basic training for people who will work with risk analysis, but who have limited knowledge since before
Coordinator (VDA 442+); The new FMEA version supports a continuous work with risk minimization better than previous FMEA versions. This three-day course is based on vda QMC’s two-day course (442), but we have also added a day of skills development in FMEA coordination containing: Challenges, cross-functional collaboration, prioritization of (multiple) results, reporting of results, conflict management and facilitation.

FMEA Training - AIAG & VDA FMEA