FMEAs anticipate and safeguard against potential failures of individual components and subsystems. SoHaR performs these analyses with the objective of foreseeing failure behaviors and identifying the appropriate failure detection, recovery, and diagnostic measures. SoHaR performs failure modes and effects analyses (FMEA/CA s) in accordance with recognized standards such as MIL-STD-1629, SAE ARP 4754, or individual standards tailored to specific requirements. Our methodology includes a system description, modular decomposition, and FMEA with failures propagated from the lowest to the system level. SoHaR uses the FMEA technique for system and software safety, as well as for system reliability.

Process FMEAs are an adaptation of the traditional FMEA used for manufacturing and product design systems. Process FMEAs are a key element of accepted practices in achieving 6-sigma quality level. SoHaR uses Process FMEA software to identify potential critical problems before they turn into actual critical problems. SoHaR can also help integrate the knowledge gained during the development of the Process FMEA into the production process. Information that deals with issues such as determining which important characteristics should be controlled, how to control them, and how to react when the process becomes unstable, is necessary for maintaining processes within the upper and lower control limits.

SoHaR will perform cost effective FMEA/CAs in accordance with MIL-STD-1629A requirements and process/design FMEA, fully compliant with QS9000 and TL9000 guidelines. The SoHaR team performs FMECA, also, as part of testability analysis.

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