Process-aware FMEA framework for failure analysis in maintenance

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish a Process-aware FMEA (PAFMEA) development environment in order to face the main Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) deficiencies concerning failure analysis in maintenance. Design/methodology/approach The proposed framework integrates Delphi methodol...

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Published in:Journal of manufacturing technology management 2017-01, Vol.28 (6), p.822-848
Main Authors: Battirola Filho, Julio Cesar, Piechnicki, Flávio, Loures, Eduardo de Freitas Rocha, Santos, Eduardo Alves Portela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advanced manufacturing technologies
Analytic hierarchy process
Business process management
Decision making
Engineering research
Failure analysis
Failure modes
Industrial engineering
Literature reviews
Maintenance
Maintenance costs
Maintenance management
Methods
Multiple criterion
Product development
Quality
R&D
Research & development
Risk analysis
Risk assessment
Studies
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Summary:Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish a Process-aware FMEA (PAFMEA) development environment in order to face the main Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) deficiencies concerning failure analysis in maintenance. Design/methodology/approach The proposed framework integrates Delphi methodology to obtain consensus of specialists’ opinions, analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to perform multiple criteria-based risk assessment and a business process management system to instantiate the development cycle. A conceptual model is presented and analyzed through a case study. Findings PAFMEA reveals a new perception in the evaluation and prioritization of failure modes during maintenance failure analysis, such as risk definition and resource availability, dealing with conflicting characteristics in decision-making approaches. Practical implications The PAFMEA environment includes requirements that are grouped with a process instantiation of an AHP structure, providing a high degree of applicability and performance to the development cycles of the FMEA. The new method confronts the classical risk assessment approach and contributes to the literature, adding new perspectives to the FMEA analysis. Originality/value PAFMEA brings new and promising perspectives to the FMEA development cycle, which, in short, means adding on a multi-criteria failure analysis method (AHP) through a process-aware platform, with performance impacts in FMEA knowledge sharing, decision making and delivery.
ISSN:1741-038X
1758-7786
DOI:10.1108/JMTM-11-2016-0150