Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEAs)for small business owners and non-engineers : determining and preventing what can go wrong / by Marcia M. Weeden.

Includes index.

Overview -- Guidelines for using FMEAs -- General information -- When to use -- Stages of an FMEA -- Flowchart / FMEA Stages -- High level risk assessments -- Graphic / Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram -- Planning & design risk assessments -- Process risk assessments -- Flowchart / Tasks of an FMEA Investigation -- Reliability -- Failures -- Failure rankings -- Criteria for severity -- Flowchart / Determining Severity -- Criteria for occurrence -- Flowchart / Determining Occurrence -- Criteria for detectability -- Flowchart / Determining Detectability -- Criteria for criticality -- Flowchart / Criticality Assessments -- Processes, stages, tasks, & steps defined -- Graphic / Example of Receiving Process, Stages, Tasks, & Steps -- How to conduct an FMEA -- Flowchart / Conducting an FMEA -- Graphic / FMEA Worksheet -- Worksheet's structure & purpose -- The value of the worksheet header -- Before starting the FMEA -- Rating scales -- Using the FMEA worksheet -- Wrapping up the FMEA -- Definitions -- Index.