What a fmea dashboard is
An FMEA lists how a process or piece of equipment can fail, what each failure would cause, how likely it is, and whether you would detect it in time. Severity, occurrence and detection multiply into a Risk Priority Number that ranks what to address first.
When to use one
- Assessing risk on new equipment or a process change before it goes live
- Preparing evidence for an audit or a regulatory submission
- Directing limited maintenance budget at the failure modes that matter
The data format
Upload the FMEA workbook (.xlsx/.csv) or type rows using | between the 14 columns. First row = header. Merged or blank cells carry down. A failure mode carries ONE Severity covering all of its effects — list several effects in the one Failure Effect cell as \u201c1) \u2026 2) \u2026\u201d. Put ONE cause per row (a leading \u201c1)\u201d/\u201c2)\u201d is stripped); each cause has its own Occurrence, Detection, rationales and Controls, listed in one cell as \u201c1. \u2026 (P) 2. \u2026 (D)\u201d where (P)=prevention and (D)=detection. RPN auto-computes as Severity\u00d7Occurrence\u00d7Detection when blank.
Paste rows like this — copy the example straight into the builder to see it render:
Equipment | Process Step | Failure Mode | Failure Effect | Severity Score | Severity Rationale | Failure Cause | Occurrence Score | Occurrence Rationale | Detection Score | Detection Rationale | Current Controls | RPN | Risk Centrifugal Pump P-101 | Suction priming | Cavitation | 1) Impeller erosion and vibration 2) Reduced flow to downstream unit | 8 | Progressive mechanical damage | 1) Low NPSH at suction | 6 | Suction strainer fouls between PMs | 4 | Vibration trend reviewed weekly | 1. Maintain suction head above NPSHr (P) 2. Vibration sensor with alarm (D) | 192 | High | | | | | | 2) Entrained air in feed | 4 | Upstream tank runs low occasionally | 5 | Level indication only, no interlock | 1. Low-level trip on feed tank (P) 2. Operator round check (D) 3. Deaerator maintained (P) | 160 | High | Discharge control | Overpressure | Seal blowout and leak | 9 | Safety and environmental release | Discharge valve fails closed | 3 | Valve PM every 6 months | 3 | Pressure transmitter with high alarm | 1. PSV sized per API 520 (P) 2. High-pressure interlock (D) | 81 | Critical Heat Exchanger E-205 | Tube-side flow | Tube fouling | Loss of heat transfer efficiency | 4 | Gradual efficiency loss | Scaling from hard water | 7 | Known water chemistry issue | 3 | DP monitored across bundle | 1. Antiscalant dosing (P) 2. Periodic chemical clean (P) 3. DP high alarm (D) | 84 | Medium
How to make one
- Paste your data into the Studio, or upload a CSV or XLSX file.
- Set your colours — by hand, from pasted brand hex codes, or extracted from your logo.
- Generate and export as PNG or SVG for your deck or report.
One thing people get wrong. Severity never improves. Controls reduce occurrence and detection, so a high-severity mode with a comfortable RPN still deserves a hard look at what happens when it does occur.
Why it runs in your browser
Charts are parsed and drawn entirely on your own device. No rows, files or logos are uploaded, so a fmea dashboard built from confidential project or process data never touches a server. You can verify it: open your browser's network tab while you generate one.