The AIAG-VDA FMEA has updated the AIAG FMEA document that had been used in industry since the 1960s. The AIAG 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. The FMEA and Core Tools Standards are commonly called the blue books for the color of their cover and have been widely used in industry. 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). Recently, to standardize the two different FMEA methods, a team worked on harmonizing both methods into a single handbook. The result is the newly released AIAG-VDA FMEA.
This new AIAG-VDA FMEA follows a seven-step process for both DFMEA and PFMEA. Additionally, the AIAG-VDA DFMEA links the system, sub system, and component, or in other words it links the failure mode in the element of focus with the customer or system at the higher level and the component or supplier at the lower level. In the PFMEA, the Process Flow is replaced by a structure analysis.
Omnex has been involved in teaching and developing both AIAG and VDA DFMEAs and PFMEAs for many years. In fact, writers of the AIAG-VDA FMEA 1st edition and FMEA 4th edition standards are involved with Omnex’s roll out of the AIAG-VDA FMEA training including writing and training courses.
