Part of: Engineer the right maintenance strategy
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis — FMEA / FMECA
Understand how critical systems fail before service is affected
What we do
- Define required functions, then identify functional failures, failure modes and causes, local and system-level effects, existing controls and detection methods, consequences, current maintenance response and recommended risk reduction.
- Where appropriate, add criticality or risk ranking to produce an FMECA.
Why clients need it
- Many maintenance programmes are built around equipment lists or OEM recommendations rather than the failures the organisation is trying to prevent — leaving important failure modes untreated while resource is spent on tasks that control no meaningful risk.
- FMEA also exposes hidden failures, weak controls, operating vulnerabilities and design issues that do not appear in maintenance records.
Related methods
Engineer the right maintenance strategy
- Reliability-Centred Maintenance — RCMMatch every important failure mode with the most effective response
- Preventive Maintenance Optimisation — PMORemove maintenance that adds work without adding reliability
- Condition-Based and Predictive MaintenanceIntervene when condition indicates risk, not when the calendar says so
Discuss scope
Tell us the facility, the systems that concern you, and the decision you are trying to make. We will tell you which engagement fits.