{"id":462978,"date":"2023-11-03T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=462978"},"modified":"2023-11-03T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:59:00","slug":"the-right-mindset-and-motivation-in-all-levels-of-the-organization-is-key-to-any-fmea-and-dont-forget-to-make-it-accessible-to-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/the-right-mindset-and-motivation-in-all-levels-of-the-organization-is-key-to-any-fmea-and-dont-forget-to-make-it-accessible-to-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"The right mindset and motivation in all levels of the organization is key to any FMEA &#8211; and don\u2019t forget to make it accessible to everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For big and small companies alike, the temptation to forget about a regular FMEA is huge. Indeed, why worry about failure when everything seems to run smoothly? It\u2019s an understandable but regrettable pitfall for every high-tech enterprise. Reason enough for several dozens of engineers to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kscevents.nl\/events\/fmea-inspiration-day-2023\/\">FMEA Inspiration Day 2023<\/a>, organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holland-innovative.nl\/nl\/\">Holland Innovative<\/a> in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asml.com\/en\">ASML<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knowledgesharingcentre.com\/\">Knowledge Sharing Centre<\/a>. It was a day filled with insightful plenary sessions and engaging breakout discussions. Best practices, shared knowledge, and valuable insights to navigate the complexities of risk management effectively were at the heart of this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"io-block io-block__summary\"><ul><li>Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a systematic, proactive method for evaluating a process<\/li><li>Holland Innovative, ASML and the Knowledge Sharing Centre organized their annual FMEA Inspiration Day.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For co-organizer Hans Meeske, it\u2019s all about sharing views and insights. \u201cI know that there are dozens of textbooks filled with methods. But for me, that is of less importance. I think the most important is the mindset that you start doing it. It should be tailored to your own organization, but again, the most important is to just do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sixsigma.nl\/artikelen\/fmea\">FMEA<\/a>) is a systematic, proactive method for evaluating a process to identify where and how it might fail and to assess the relative impact of different failures, to identify the parts of the process that are most in need of change. The Inspiration Day gave ample opportunity to address several aspects of this process, from the human factor to data collection and from leadership to building a \u2018living document\u2019 that is accessible to everyone involved in the FMEA process.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-basic wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/cooperation-and-knowledge-sharing-within-the-high-tech-and-manufacturing-industry-is-crucial-for-the-future-of-the-netherlands\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Cooperation and knowledge sharing within the high-tech and manufacturing industry are crucial for the future of the Netherlands\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-image\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">Cooperation and knowledge sharing within the high-tech and manufacturing industry are crucial for the future of the Netherlands<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">Sharing knowledge to develop new technologies together. That was why Mikrocentrum&#8216;s High Tech Platform (HTP) was founded forty years ago. <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acting proactively<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The importance of FMEA was already shown by the day\u2019s first speaker, ASML\u2019s Wijnand van Kooten. While most people consider ASML the next-to-perfect chip machine builder, Van Kooten painted a different picture. \u201cOur customers say we need to improve our new machine quality. They pay extreme amounts of money, and what happens? Machines don&#8217;t function the way they expect. There are incidents, variations, long downs, and software issues. We must learn from them, and FMEA can play a big role.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Kooten gives an example of a factory using a 100,000-component EUV machine. \u201cWhat can happen is that there is a failure. But if one thing fails, the whole factory is down. This has a tremendous effect because no production is possible. I don&#8217;t have to explain to you as an FMEA fanatic that FMEA plays an extreme role in that to prevent this. Many issues can arise if we don&#8217;t pay enough attention to FMEAs upfront. I&#8217;m strongly advocating a shift to proactively managing your risks instead of the issues. That is the voice of the customer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Failure-free products<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>BMW\u2019s Ronald Koster explained how focusing on preventive quality methods throughout the different stages of the development process ensures high-quality products. \u201cFMEA is one way to ensure failure-free products in the development process.\u201d Because BMW now has around 250 different FMEA procedures running, this is not something they can do all by themselves. \u201cWe are supported in this effort by a company like Holland Innovative to guide us through this process.\u201d Moreover, BMW uses all sorts of FMEAs, each with a special function of filtering quality-relevant parameters from the development process. \u201cIn all these cases, our goal is to find and change the abnormalities early in the process, which is way more effective and cost-efficient than when you do it later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.ioplus.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231026_074143988-1004x565.jpg\" alt=\"FMEA Inspiration Day 2023\" class=\"wp-image-462985\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FMEA Inspiration Day 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Koster admits it\u2019s \u201cnot sexy\u201d to talk about what can go wrong while developing. \u201cBut it\u2019s important. For BMW, FMEA is always an integral part of the design and production process, an important tool for identifying the special characteristics that are used as preventive measures to ensure great quality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reliability &amp; FMEA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After Hans Blaak, supply chain engagements expert at ASML, explained the difference between Design FMEA and Process FMEA with an enlightening example, it was up to Elly van den Bliek to explain the role of reliability within FMEA. As a \u200b\u200bsenior Reliability &amp; Functional Safety Specialist at Holland Innovative, she especially spoke about the importance of \u201cmaking the FMEA a living thing and keeping it alive\u201d. She was able to combine the FMEA, used as a risk assessment tool, with the concept of reliability. Her description of what reliability is all about (\u201c<em>The probability that a system will perform its prescribed function without failure for a certain period of time when operated correctly in a specified environment and under stated conditions<\/em>\u201d) was the start of a deep dive into customer demands, government requirements and all sorts of liabilities. \u201cEspecially with all the extra needs caused by global sustainable development goals, we are forced to do \u2018something\u2019 with reliability and risk management.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.ioplus.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PXL_20231026_113818310-1004x565.jpg\" alt=\"FMEA Inspiration Day 2023\" class=\"wp-image-462987\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FMEA Inspiration Day 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What this \u2018something really is, will depend on the innovativeness of the company. \u201cIf we translate that into the FMEAs and reliability of our high-tech products, it says we need to do more about life cycle management. However, within the high-tech industry, this is difficult because high-tech systems have a high degree of innovation, which means we&#8217;ve never done it before, so we don&#8217;t have a clue how it&#8217;s going to work, let alone how it&#8217;s going to fail. Even more so because we are working with a huge supply chain making your design and development much more complex &#8211; and risky.\u201d Only by \u2018designing for reliability\u2019 we can find an answer to these challenges, Van den Bliek concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rapid learning cycles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with a colleague, VDL\u2019s Jos de Klerk explained how VDL is always using FMEA as a part of product generation process. He also introduced the term \u2018<em>rapid learning cycles<\/em>\u2019, to structure the development of knowledge in such a way that design decisions can be taken with an acceptable risk. It\u2019s all about taking decisions as late as possible, he said. \u201cThis may sound counterintuitive, but by pulling the learning aspects forward to identify and remove obstacles as soon as possible, we are able to push decisions to the later stages of development, so we can preserve flexibility as long as possible.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These rapid learning cycles are all about reducing your risk, De Klerk said. \u201cThis is because in many cases, you have a lot of design decisions to take, with a lot of uncertainty. And if you take a wrong decision, it has a huge effect, also on costs. That\u2019s why we started this structured approach. You identify the knowledge gaps, you put them into a timeline, and close those knowledge gaps one by one. And in the end, you take a key decision. It\u2019s maybe not fully FMEA, but it\u2019s our way of reducing risk of a critical design decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-basic wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/knowledge-sharing-centre-ensures-the-transfer-of-essential-expertise-in-the-high-tech-industry\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Knowledge Sharing Centre ensures the transfer of essential expertise in the high-tech industry\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-image\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">Knowledge Sharing Centre ensures the transfer of essential expertise in the high-tech industry<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">The purpose of the Knowledge Sharing Centre (KSC) is as clear as it is challenging: to share knowledge that normally lingers in the brain of people.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mindset is key<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the day, it all comes down to the active participation of everyone involved in the FMEA process. After a full day of keynotes and workshops, it became clear to everyone: without the involvement of the whole organization (more specifically, the support of the organization\u2019s management and the participation of all disciplines), any FMEA will fail. As one of the participants concluded: \u201c80% of your FMEA structure is about behavior, the rest is tools and handbooks and so on. The mindset is key.\u201d And connecting with all of this day\u2019s speakers: \u201cThe difficult thing in an organization is that an FMEA is always a bit disappointing, because nothing seems to happen because of an FMEA. But without an FMEA, you are sure that failures will arise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For big and small companies alike, the temptation to forget about a regular FMEA is huge. Indeed, why worry about failure when everything seems to run smoothly? It\u2019s an understandable but regrettable pitfall for every high-tech enterprise. 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