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Article

PFDA-FMEA, an Integrated Method Improving FMEA Assessment in Product Design

by
Pedro Angel García Aguirre
1,*,
Luis Pérez-Domínguez
1,*,
David Luviano-Cruz
1,
Jesús Jaime Solano Noriega
2,
Erwin Martínez Gómez
1 and
Mauro Callejas-Cuervo
3
1
Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial y Manufactura, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, 32315 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
2
Departamento Ciencias Económico-Administrativa, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, 80020 Culiacán, Mexico
3
Grupo de Investigación en Software, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, 150003 Tunja, Colombia
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1406; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041406
Submission received: 15 December 2020 / Revised: 18 January 2021 / Accepted: 1 February 2021 / Published: 4 February 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applied Engineering to Lean Manufacturing and Production Systems 2020)

Abstract

Product Design (PD) currently faces challenges in new product development, since the industry is in a rush to introduce new products into the market, with customers demanding products that are faster, cheaper, and free from failure. In addition, global companies are trying to improve their product design risk assessment process to gain advantages over competitors, using proven tools like Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and mixing risk assessment methods. However, with current risks assessment tools and a combination of other methods, there is the opportunity to improve risk analysis. This document aims to reveal a novel integrated method, where FMEA, Pythagorean Fuzzy Sets (PFS), and Dimensional Analysis (DA) are cohesive in one model. The proposed method provides an effective technique to identify risks and remove uncertainty and vagueness of human intervention during risk assessment using the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis method. A real-life problem was carried out to illustrate the proposed method. Finally, the study was substantiated by using a correlation and sensitivity analysis, demonstrating the presented integrated method’s usefulness in decision-making and problem-solving.
Keywords: Product Design (PD); Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA); Dimensional Analysis (DA); Pythagorean Fuzzy Sets (PFS) Product Design (PD); Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA); Dimensional Analysis (DA); Pythagorean Fuzzy Sets (PFS)

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García Aguirre, P.A.; Pérez-Domínguez, L.; Luviano-Cruz, D.; Solano Noriega, J.J.; Martínez Gómez, E.; Callejas-Cuervo, M. PFDA-FMEA, an Integrated Method Improving FMEA Assessment in Product Design. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 1406. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041406

AMA Style

García Aguirre PA, Pérez-Domínguez L, Luviano-Cruz D, Solano Noriega JJ, Martínez Gómez E, Callejas-Cuervo M. PFDA-FMEA, an Integrated Method Improving FMEA Assessment in Product Design. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(4):1406. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041406

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García Aguirre, Pedro Angel, Luis Pérez-Domínguez, David Luviano-Cruz, Jesús Jaime Solano Noriega, Erwin Martínez Gómez, and Mauro Callejas-Cuervo. 2021. "PFDA-FMEA, an Integrated Method Improving FMEA Assessment in Product Design" Applied Sciences 11, no. 4: 1406. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041406

APA Style

García Aguirre, P. A., Pérez-Domínguez, L., Luviano-Cruz, D., Solano Noriega, J. J., Martínez Gómez, E., & Callejas-Cuervo, M. (2021). PFDA-FMEA, an Integrated Method Improving FMEA Assessment in Product Design. Applied Sciences, 11(4), 1406. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041406

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