Implementation issues of process failure mode and effect analysis in the indian automotive industry

Abstract

With the globalization of Indian economy India has moved from a newlinehighly protected market to a free market economy with severe competition newlinefrom international manufacturers Attention to the quality of product in terms newlineof functionality reliability dependability and cost has increased in several newlineindustrial sectors The failure rate many of mass produced productsparts has newlineto be confined within a few parts per million Percentage defectives are no newlinelonger acceptable and hence there is a need to practice tools and techniques newlinewhich would help in Doing things right at first time Process failure mode newlineand effects analysisPFMEA is an engineering technique used to define newlineidentify and eliminate known andor potential failures problems and errors in newlinethe manufacturing process before they reach the customer Therefore newlinePFMEA along with other quality tools support the practice and philosophy of newlinefailure prevention and continuous improvement which are the key elements newlineof any Total Quality Management TQM system newline newline