SHELL MOULDING PROCESS USING THE COMBINATION OF FAILURE MODE EFFECT ANALYSIS AND AHP APPROACH

Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) is one of the most widely used tool in industries and manufacturing firms, research etc. for improving the reliability of any product in the initial conceptualization phase. The concept of FMEA is extended here to analyze the drawbacks that are encountered in a Manufacturing Company. Studying the various modes of failures and their effect on the production rate, the causes are prioritized and categorized so that the available resources can be allotted to overcome them. Also the work includes the use of another powerful tool, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) that helps in visualizing and determining the priorities of a set of alternatives and the relative importance of an attribute in a Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM). A quantitative and brief evaluation procedure is discussed and the final conclusion based on the actual results and analysis is stated that will be helpful for the future use.