Cause and Effect
Matrix
                         Rating of
                       Importance to
                         Customer
        Process Step                   1     2    3    4    5     6    7    8     9   10   11    12   13   14    15
                                                                                                                      Total
        Process Step Process Input
  1                                                                                                                       0
  2                                                                                                                       0
  3                                                                                                                       0
  4                                                                                                                       0
  5                                                                                                                       0
  6                                                                                                                       0
  7                                                                                                                       0
  8                                                                                                                       0
  9                                                                                                                       0
 10                                                                                                                       0
 11                                                                                                                       0
 12                                                                                                                       0
 13                                                                                                                       0
 14                                                                                                                       0
 15                                                                                                                       0
 16                                                                                                                       0
 17                                                                                                                       0
 18                                                                                                                       0
 19                                                                                                                       0
 20                                                                                                                       0
                                                                                                                          0
Total
                                       0
                       Lower Spec
                       Target
                       Upper Spec
                         This table provides the initial input to the FMEA and experimentation. When each of the output
                         variables (requirements) are not correct, that represents potential "EFFECTS". When each input
                         variable is not correct, that represents "Failure Modes".
                         1. List the process output variables
                         2. Rate each output on a 1-to-10 scale to importance to the customer
                         3. List process input variables (from the process map)
                         4. Rate each input's relationship to each output variable using a 0, 1, 3, 9 scale
                         5. Select the high ranking input variables to start the FMEA process; Determine how each
                         selected input variable can "go wrong" and place that in the Failure Mode column of the FMEA.
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