(Wiley: Hoboken, NJ) -- There are myriad quality and reliability tools available to corporations worldwide, but the one that shows up consistently in company after company is failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA). Effective FMEAs by Carl Carlson (Wiley, 2012) takes the best practices from hundreds of companies and thousands of FMEA applications, and presents streamlined procedures for veteran FMEA practitioners, novices, and everyone in between.

Written from an applications viewpoint—with many examples, detailed case studies, study problems, and tips included—the book covers the most common types of FMEAs, including system FMEAs, design FMEAs, process FMEAs, maintenance FMEAs, and software FMEAs. It also presents chapters on fault-tree analysis, design review based on failure mode (DRBFM), reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), hazard analysis, and FMECA, which adds criticality analysis to FMEA.

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