Title
Failure mode and effects analysis by data envelopment analysis
Abstract
Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a method that examines potential failures in products or processes and has been used in many quality management systems. One important issue of FMEA is the determination of the risk priorities of failure modes. In this paper we propose an FMEA which uses data envelopment analysis (DEA), a well-known performance measurement tool, to determine the risk priorities of failure modes. The proposed FMEA measures the maximum and minimum risks of each failure mode. The two risks are then geometrically averaged to measure the overall risks of failure modes. The risk priorities are determined in terms of overall risks rather than maximum or minimum risks only. Two numerical examples are provided and examined using the proposed FMEA to show its potential applications and benefits.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1016/j.dss.2009.08.005
Decision Support Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
risk priority ranking,effects analysis,failure mode and effects analysis,failure mode,data envelopment analysis,risk priority,potential application,proposed fmea,potential failure,overall risks,important issue,overall risk,minimum risk,data envelope analysis,failure mode and effect analysis,quality management system
Failure mode and effects analysis,Data mining,Quality management system,Computer science,Operations research,Risk analysis (engineering),Risk management,Performance measurement,Data envelopment analysis,Quality management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
48
1
Decision Support Systems
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
35
1.53
13
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kwai-Sang Chin1103354.69
Ying-Ming Wang23256166.96
Gary Ka Kwai Poon32099.05
Jian-Bo Yang43832203.05