Challenge
The customer was not only a provider of sports equipment to the consumer, but also to professional athletes. In launching new products for the professionals, they had plenty of time for “trial & error”, however, they needed to be more efficient in preparing new designs for the consumer market.
Why Choose PIC?
The PIC Group has been providing onsite Failure Mode & Effects Analysis workshops since 1990. Our FMEA experience spans almost every industry imaginable: automotive; aerospace; military; chemical; pharmaceutical; food & beverage; electronics; petrochemical; raw materials.
Solution
A series of onsite workshops were conducted involving engineering, quality, manufacturing, purchasing, sales, maintenance and tooling. First, FMEA was applied to the product design and then the manufacturing process. Risk was estimated for all potential failure modes and corrective actions were determined and implemented.
Benefit
The next new product launch saw an increase of “first time quality” of 70% and a decrease of “time to market” of 30%. The customer immediately redeveloped their internal procedure for quality planning to include both Design and Process FMEA.
