Imperial College London
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Dr Marco Aurisicchio

Faculty of Engineering, Dyson School of Design Engineering

Reader in Engineering Design
 
 
 
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Office 1 (104)Dyson BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Citation

BibTex format

@article{Michalakoudis:2016:10.1177/1687814016685223,
author = {Michalakoudis, I and Childs, P and Aurisicchio, M and Harding, J},
doi = {10.1177/1687814016685223},
journal = {Advances in Mechanical Engineering},
pages = {1--11},
title = {Using functional analysis diagrams to improve product reliability and cost},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1687814016685223},
volume = {9},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Value Engineering (VE) are well-established methods in the manufacturing industry, commonly applied to optimize product reliability and cost respectively. Both processes, however, require cross-functional teams to identify and evaluate the product/process functions and are resource-intensive, hence their application is mostly limited to large organizations. In this paper, we present a methodology involving the concurrent execution of FMEA and VE, assisted by a set of hierarchical Functional Analysis Diagram (FAD) models, along with the outcomes of a pilot application in a UK-based manufacturing Small-Medium Enterprise (SME). Analysis of the results indicate that this new approach could significantly enhance the resource efficiency and effectiveness of both FMEA and VE processes.
AU  - Michalakoudis,I
AU  - Childs,P
AU  - Aurisicchio,M
AU  - Harding,J
DO  - 10.1177/1687814016685223
EP  - 11
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1687-8140
SP  - 1
TI  - Using functional analysis diagrams to improve product reliability and cost
T2  - Advances in Mechanical Engineering
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1687814016685223
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/42849
VL  - 9
ER  -
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