Product Failure Mode Setup

There are three setup tables where product failure modes can be configured. Before setting up failure modes, it is important to first understand how each table works.

Setup	Description
Product Failure Modes	Set up any failures that could occur for any products (internal/external) under this setup table (Delivery, Quantity Failures).
Product Line Failure Modes	Set up any failures that could occur for any parts attached to the associated product line (product line specific failures).
Part Failure Modes	Set up any failures that could occur only for the specified part number.

Example Product Failure Mode Matrix

Setup	Severity	Failure Mode Category	Product	Exception Type
Late Delivery	Low	Service	All Products	All
Short Quantity	Low	Service	All Products	All
Shipping Damage	Low	Service	All Products	All
Unknown	Low	New	All Products	All
All failure modes above are set up under the Product Failure Mode setup table. No matter which Product is selected, all failure modes above will be displayed.
Battery Failure	Fatal	Malfunction	Any Sensors	All
Short Circuit	High	Malfunction	Any Sensors	All
Power Failure	Fatal	Malfunction	Any Sensors	All
All three failure modes directly above would be set up under the Failure Mode Setup table under the sensors product line. These failure modes would show up as applicable failures for any parts selected in a product exception that belong to the sensor product line only. All failure modes above are set up under the Product Line Mode setup table for Sensors. These failure modes will only be displayed for parts selected which belong to this product line.
Leak	Medium	Visual	Toxic Gas Sensors 1234	All
The failure mode directly above (Leak) would be set up under the Failure Mode Setup table under Part Number Toxic Gas Sensors 1234. This failure mode would show up as an applicable failure only for this specific part number.
Crack	Medium	Visual	EKG Sensors 2235	All
The failure mode directly above (Crack) would be set up under the Failure Mode Setup table under Part Number EKG Sensors 2235. This failure mode would show up as an applicable failure only for this specific part number.