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Useful links for FMEA practitioners

Books about FMEA:

The Basics of FMEA, 2nd Edition by Engine Resource,
Robin E. McDermott, and Raymond J. Mikulak

Basics of FMEA by Robin E. McDermott

The FMEA Pocket Handbook by Kenneth W. Dailey

Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: FMEA from Theory to Execution by D. H. Stamatis

Root Cause Analysis Handbook: A Simplified Approach to Identifying, Correcting and Reporting Workplace Errors by Max Ammerman

FMEA: Author's Edition by Paul Palady

Root Cause Analysis: Simplified Tools and Techniques by Bjorn Andersen

Strategic Error-Proofing: Successful Processes and Smart FMEAs by John J. Casey

FMEA: A Manager's Handbook (TQM Practitioner) by Ian McAndrew and James O'Sullivan

Potential Failure Mode Effects Analysis: from http://www.adareinternational.com/qs/

Websites relating to FMEA:

VDA is the German Quality Management System (QMS) for the automobile industry (Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V.). The fourth edition was issued in December 1998, and became mandatory for all German car makers on April 1, 1999. Based on ISO 9001:1994, the quality management system includes all elements of QS-9000

SAE (for J1739) is a non-profit educational and scientific organisation dedicated to advancing mobility technology to better serve humanity. Engineers and scientists, who are SAE-UK members, develop technical information on all forms of self propelled vehicles including automobiles, trucks and buses, off-highway equipment, aircraft, aerospace vehicles, marine, rail, and transit systems.

SAE disseminates this information through its meetings, books, technical papers, magazines, standards, reports, professional development programmes, and electronic databases.:

BSI Group: certifies management systems and products, provides product testing services, develops private, national and international standards provides training and information on standards and international trade and provides performance management software solutions

The Automotive Industry Action Group is a globally recognized organization founded in 1982 by a group of managers from Chrysler, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors.

QS-9000: Established by the big 3: FORD, GM and Chrysler and incorporates ISO/TS 16949.