FMEA and PLP

Thanks to its centralised management and maintenance of master data, FMEA with SAP offers the advantage that this data can be used universally. This avoids having separate interfaces to external software and solutions, which in turn guarantees data integrity, ensuring that the information is completely free of redundancy.

In addition to the connection to Complaints Management, , the use of the cross-component authorisation concept and the consistent linking of the FMEA in production control plans as well as work and inspection plans, a constant up-to-dateness of the data is ensured, which minimises errors due to outdated or inconsistent data.

The production control plan is primarily intended to control the quality process. This means the plan contains inspection procedures and tools and also inspection frequencies for the product/process characteristics applied from the FMEA system, to provide an optimum level of control for quality.Thanks to the integrated IT solution with SAP, both communication and knowledge management along the supply chain can be simplified and improved over the long term.

If one considers the future viability of SAP QM functions, which are subject to continuous improvement, a decision to implement FMEA and PLP on the basis of a SAP system is a promising course to chart towards Total Quality Management.

The functionalities of FMEA and PLP are available in SAP ECC as well as in SAP S/4HANA. The new app “Manage FMEAs” can be used to access the requirements from the harmonisation of AIAG & VDA, which are continuously being implemented.