Convert a supplier PFMEA failure mode into practical control plan requirements.
A supplier PFMEA lists mixed thread pitch as a failure mode, but the linked control plan says only "operator visual check." Incoming inspection found 9 percent wrong-pitch fasteners in a production lot. PFMEA to control plan translation: failure mode, cause, prevention, detection, reaction, evidence. The common trap is treating a PFMEA entry as proof of control. Listing a risk does not reduce it unless the process has a specific control and a reaction plan. Name the failure mode Write the process failure in observable terms: M8 fastener supplied with 1.25 pitch mixed into 1.0 pitch production lot. Specific wording prevents…
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