Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a systematic approach to identifying potential failure modes in components, equipment, systems, procedures, or software, assessing their consequences (i.e. local and global effects), and prioritising actions to mitigate or eliminate associated risks. FMEA is widely used across industries to improve design robustness, enhance reliability, optimise maintenance, and strengthen operational resilience. When combined with criticality assessment (FMECA), it provides quantitative prioritisation to inform decision-making and risk management in alignment with international standards such as IEC 60812, ISO 31000, and IEC 61511.

Service information

Facilitate structured FMEA/FMECA workshops with multidisciplinary teams
Conduct qualitative and semi-quantitative reviews of failure causes, effects, detection mechanisms, and control measures
Prioritise issues using criticality analysis (FMECA)
Integrate FMEA outcomes with broader risk management methods, including SIL verification and QRA (e.g. fault tree analysis)
Address hardware, software, process, procedural, and human failure modes
Incorporate use of reliability data, lessons learned, and historical failure databases to enhance analysis robustness
Align studies with industry standards and good practice, including IEC 60812 and SAE J1739
Provide actionable recommendations and next steps for managing complex dependent failure mechanisms (e.g. common cause and common mode failures)
Deliver tailored training and capacity building on FMEA/FMECA principles, methodologies, software tools, and best practices

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