This study utilized the failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) to analyze the risks of green components in compliance with the European Union (EU) the Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) directive in the incoming quality control (IQC) stage, which is based on a case of an OEM/ODM electronic manufacturer in Taiwan. There are three indices of FMEA in this work: the occurrence (O) that ca...

This report addresses re-use issues in computer-based diagnosis. It is shown that in order to obtain re-usable components it is useful to categorize the knowledge and software for a diagnosis system along two dimensions, generality and genericity. Several new contributions to diagnosis technology are presented which illustrate different re-use categories and show the benefits of improved reusab...

The paper deals with a quantitative approach to safety assessment process applicable to the safety-related system, specially the railway interlocking one. The authors present the methodology based on the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and the Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) that is applicable to performing safety analysis of both electronic and computer based systems. The mathematical basis...

Healthcare Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (HFMEA) is a methodology for correcting latent system errors before they lead to adverse events. We examined the utility of HFMEA in evaluating the sterilization and use of surgical instruments. First, a multidisciplinary team graphed the process in a flow diagram. A hazard analysis was then used to examine potential failure modes (i.e., ways in whic...

The simultaneous generation of steam and power, which is commonly referred to as cogeneration, has been adopted by many sugar mills in India to overcome the power shortage. It becomes an increasingly important source of income for sugar factories. The problems faced by the sugar mill industry arise mainly due to failures of either the complete system or some specific components during the cogen...

In this paper we present the formal safety analysis of a radiobased railroad crossing. We use deductive cause-consequence analysis (DCCA) as analysis method. DCCA is a novel technique to analyze safety of embedded systems with formal methods. It substitutes error-prone informal reasoning by mathematical proofs. DCCA allows to rigorously prove whether a failure on component level is the cause fo...

Engineering for disassembly of waste products is becoming increasingly complex. Furthermore, customer expectations are growing, competition is becoming harder, legal requirements are stricter and the quality of technical products is continuously improving. FMEA is a formalised, analytical method for the systematic, consistent collation and prevention of potential sources of errors and their res...

An important part of the quality management system of the company is to establish procedures for quality planning. The sense of quality planning is in the prevention of either construction or manufacture failures, respectively their causes. Nevertheless it is a tool to increase the likelihood of early detection. FMEA method – analysis of possible failures and consequences (Failure Mode and Effe...

Engineering risk methods and tools account for and make decisions about risk using an expected-value approach. Psychological research has shown that stakeholders and decision makers hold domain-specific risk attitudes that often vary between individuals and between enterprises. Moreover, certain companies and industries (e.g., the nuclear power industry and aerospace corporations) are very risk...