PQ FMEA
Software for implementing AIAG & VDA FMEA with graphical interface according to the seven–step model
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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.
PQ FMEA SOFTWARE - OVERVIEW
There are several ways to use software to do a risk analysis using AIAG & VDA FMEA. For just over a year now, Ford has been demanding the use of software in its customer–specific requirements
The essential thing is that the so–called seven–step model is followed in the right order and that the structural analysis is done with a cross–functional team.
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What is PQ FMEA
PQ FMEA is a program developed in Poland by PROQUAL that is available in several languages (Swedish is being developed) a way to determine risks for e.g. a product, a process or a system. Instead of allowing only discussions and strong individuals to influence the order of priority for risks for a phenomenon, an FMEA provides a standardized way of coming to agreements:
In the new version of FMEA, developed by AIAG & VDA, the way of finally evaluating the risks has been improved with the aim of making the method become an engine in a continuous work with risk minimisation and improvements. Five “V‘s“ form the basis for work with FMEA according to the new way of working.
- What is the InTent of the FMEA (for this project)
- What are our Time frames?
- Who should be in the Team
- What Tasks need to be performed
- What Tools are to be used
Why PQ FMEA?
A Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) can be performed for example:
- Evaluation of possible technical risks of failure of a product or processanalysis
- Causes and effects of such failures
- Identification and planning of prevention and detection measures
Advantages with PQ FMEA
Carrying out risk analyses according to AIAG & VDA FMEA with the PQ FMEA software provides the following benefits, among other things:
- Aligned according to AIAG/VDA
- Constantly updated against relevant standards
- Good connection between FMEA, control plan flow chart
- Relatively simple software
- Intuitive user interface
- Possibility of customization
Tools
PQ FMEA from PROQUAL gives you the opportunity to easily work with basic and family FMEA according to the 7–step model in AIAG & VDA and develop action plans and control plans for individual products.
You work in the program with a tree structure with:
- Structural Analysis – Black Tree
- Functional Analysis – Green Tree
- Failure Analysis – Red Tree
A Swedish software version is under development and is expected to be available in Q1, 2025.Read more on PQ–FMEA‘s website.
Development and training in FMEA
Performing risk analysis in FMEA is and has always been “simple”, but it has also historically been simple to make mistakes and mix cause and effect (error effect and wrong cause). With the graphical interface in PQ FMEA, this risk is reduced, but we recommend basic training and in some cases combined with training as a coordinator
- Basic (VDA 442); Two days of basic training for people who are going to work with risk analysis, but who want to learn AIAG & VDA FMEA in the basics.
- Coordinator (Own product);One day of extra training in FMEA coordination containing: Challenges, cross–functional collaboration, prioritization of (several) results, reporting of results, conflict management and facilitation.