Given the FMEA data provided in the table below:
a. What is the RPN for each failure cause?
b. Which failure cause would be of least concern?
c. Which failure cause would be of greatest concern?
d. For the failure of greatest concern, would your recommended action be aimed at reducing failure severity, occurrence, or undetectability? On what other information would your answer depend?
Failure Cause
|
Severity
|
Occurrence
|
Undetectability
|
M
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
N
|
3
|
4
|
9
|
X
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
Y
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
Z
|
9
|
1
|
5
|