[FMEA feature] FMEA Glossary / FMEA Skill Software

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FMEA
Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis

Action (Monitoring and Control)
The driving force behind FMEA, action (corrective or preventive) aims to reduce the criticality of identified risks. In Skill FMEA Pro, the dedicated module centralizes the action portfolio, manages automatic reminders and measures actual effectiveness on RPN reduction.
🔗 Find out more: The ACTION module in Skill FMEA Pro

AIAG-VDA
Automotive FMEA harmonization standard combining American and German requirements. It imposes a rigorous methodology (7 steps) that dedicated software natively integrates to ease the transition from older reference systems.
🔗 Find out more: AIAG VDA: How to align the automotive FMEA standard?

FMEA (Software vs. Excel)
A risk analysis method which, when digitized, goes beyond the limits of spreadsheets (Excel). Software provides structure, data security and traceability, transforming an administrative constraint into a performance lever.
🔗 Find out more: FMEA: dedicated software or Excel?

Flow FMEA (Supplier)
Extension of risk analysis to the supply chain. It makes it possible to assess and make reliable components delivered by external partners, thus securing inputs even before they arrive at the factory.
🔗 Find out more: Integrating FMEA into supplier management

Reverse FMEA
Field verification process where the Process FMEA is confronted with the reality on the shop floor. This feature verifies the consistency between theoretical failure modes and their actual control by operators.
🔗 Find out more: Reverse FMEA functionality

Average FMEA (Machine)
Analysis dedicated to the reliability of industrial equipment. It identifies potential machine failures to optimize maintenance and guarantee production continuity.
🔗 Find out more: Machine FMEA : Optimize the Reliability of your Equipment

FMEA Process
Analysis of manufacturing-related risks. Synchronized with Product FMEA, it enables monitoring plans to be deployed and manufacturing synoptics to be generated in complete consistency.
🔗 Find out more: FMEA Process functionality

Product FMEA (Design)
Functional and risk analysis carried out right from the design stage. It ensures control of special features and interfaces directly with Process FMEA data for perfect digital continuity.
🔗 Find out more: Product FMEA functionality in Skill FMEA Pro

APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning)
Product quality planning framework, essential in the aerospace and automotive industries. Integrating FMEA into APQP helps optimize new product development and reduce Time-to-Market.
🔗 Find out more: Integrating APQP and FMEA

Transversal audit
Functionality enabling instant diagnosis and homogenization of quality processes across all company projects. It offers an indispensable cross-view for quality managers.
🔗 Find out more: CROSS FUNCTIONAL AUDIT in Skill FMEA Pro.

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Capitalization
The process of storing and reusing know-how. Skill FMEA Pro allows you to create generic FMEAs that are enriched over the course of projects, ensuring that the experience gained is never lost.
🔗 Find out more: Capitalization in Skill FMEA Pro

Special Features
Critical requirements (safety, regulations) requiring increased monitoring. The software enables their detection and full traceability, from risk analysis through to the monitoring plan.
🔗 Find out more: SPECIAL FEATURES in Skill FMEA Pro

Root Causes
Fundamental origin of a failure. The use of advanced analysis tools (Ishikawa, fault trees) integrated into the software helps to improve the reliability of complex systems, particularly in aeronautics.
🔗 Find out more: Root Cause Analysis with Skill FMEA Pro

Compliance
Compliance with standards and benchmarks (IATF, ISO, EN9100). The use of dedicated software provides a structured response to auditors and guarantees the dynamic updating of reference documents.
🔗 Find out more: Compliance in Skill FMEA Pro

Quality control
All operations designed to assess the conformity of a product. FMEA helps define the most appropriate controls to secure the manufacturing process.
🔗 Find out more: What are the different types of quality control?

Criticality (Prioritization)
Result of the calculation (S x O x D) used to rank risks. Knowing how to prioritize your FMEAs is essential for allocating resources where they are most needed.
🔗 Learn more: How to prioritize your FMEAs?

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EN 9145
Aeronautical standard defining APQP and PPAP requirements. Skill FMEA Pro supports Airbus subcontractors and other industry players in achieving the operational excellence required by this standard.
🔗 Find out more: WhitePaper: Aero Excellence and APQP IAQG 9145.

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Fiche de Poste Numérique
Work instructions generated automatically from FMEA data and updated in real time for the operator. It ensures that workstation instructions are always synchronized with the risk analysis.
🔗 Find out more: Digital Work Instructions

Flowchart
Graphic representation of the production flow. In Skill FMEA Pro, it is generated automatically and integrates data from the FMEA Product, Process and Monitoring Plan.
🔗 Find out more: FMEA Flowchart in Skill FMEA Pro.

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Generics (Knowledge bank)
Dynamic FMEA models that centralize the group's knowledge. They enable new projects to start on a solid, proven basis, considerably speeding up studies.
🔗 Find out more: GENERICS: Capitalize on know-how

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Hosted (SaaS mode)
Software deployment mode where data and application are managed by Skill Software. This frees the IT department from installation constraints and guarantees data security and backup.
🔗 Find out more: Skill FMEA Pro in Hosted Mode

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IATF 16949
International standard for quality management in the automotive industry. FMEA plays a central role in guaranteeing compliance and meeting specific automaker requirements.
🔗 Find out more: FMEA: guaranteeing compliance with automotive standards

Industry 4.0
A new industrial era marked by digitalization and interconnection. Here, FMEA becomes a dynamic tool, exploiting synergies for more reliable, connected production.
🔗 Find out more: FMEA and Industry 4.0: Exploiting synergies

Integration (Data)
The ability of FMEA software to interface with other systems (CAD, ERP, PLM) to foster a collaborative approach and avoid information silos.
🔗 Find out more: Skill FMEA Pro and data integration

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Lean Manufacturing
Management method focused on reducing waste. Combined with FMEA, it forms a winning duo for stabilizing and optimizing industrial processes.
🔗 Find out more: FMEA and Lean Manufacturing

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Multi-site
Software architecture enabling licenses and know-how (generic FMEAs) to be shared between several plants in the same group, promoting global standardization.
🔗 Find out more: Multi-site management Skill FMEA Pro

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Plan de Surveillance (Control Plan)
Document describing the controls to be carried out. Created in parallel with the FMEA with perfect synchronization, it ensures that no discrepancies exist between the risk analysis and the field checks.
🔗 Find out more: Control Plan in Skill FMEA Pro

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RETEX (Feedback)
Dynamic functionality ("Lesson Learnt") that uses the company's experience network to assist input and make new analyses more reliable thanks to the past.
🔗 Find out more: RETEX: Skill FMEA Pro's expertise advantage

ROI (Return on Investment)
Measures the profitability of adopting dedicated software. The calculation takes into account time savings, error reduction, facilitated compliance and customer satisfaction.
🔗 Find out more: Beyond Excel: Calculating the ROI of Dedicated FMEA Software

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Synchronization
Mechanism ensuring perfect, real-time consistency between FMEA Product, Process, Flowchart and Monitoring Plan. All information comes from a single database.
🔗 Find out more: Synchronization in Skill FMEA Pro

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Audit Trail
Ability to reconstruct the history of a FMEA (who modified what, and when). Unlike Excel, dedicated software offers full traceability of modifications and decisions, an essential piece of evidence during certification audits.
🔗 Find out more: FMEA: dedicated software or Excel? Why choose?

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Factory 4.0 (Smart Factory)
Connected factory concept where FMEA is no longer static, but fed by real data. Skill FMEA Pro is part of this dynamic, harnessing digital synergies for more reliable, responsive production.
🔗 Find out more: FMEA and Industry 4.0: How to exploit synergies?

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VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie)
Quality standard of the German automotive industry. Its harmonization with the American AIAG standard has created the unique AIAG-VDA repository, natively integrated into Skill FMEA Pro to ease the methodological transition for OEMs.
🔗 Find out more: AIAG VDA: How to align automotive FMEA Standard

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Workflow (Validation circuit)
Automated workflow to manage FMEA validation steps and action plan follow-up. It ensures that each task (quotation, corrective action) is assigned to the right person and automatically restarted in the event of delays.
🔗 Find out more: The ACTION module in Skill FMEA Pro

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eXcellence Opérationnelle
Performance level targeted by cutting-edge industries (Aerospace, Automotive). It is based on perfect risk control (APQP, EN9145) to guarantee customer satisfaction and competitiveness, an objective supported by the use of expert software tools.
🔗 Find out more: WhitePaper: Aero Excellence and APQP IAQG 9145

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Yoke (Poka-Yoke)
Anti-error system designed to physically prevent the occurrence of a fault. The identification of the need for a Poka-Yoke often stems from a Process FMEA where human detection is deemed insufficient, thus fitting in with a Lean approach.
🔗 Find out more: FMEA and Lean Manufacturing: a winning duo

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