
228 • Appendix A: Research Questionnaire Results
TABLE A.4
What Impact Do You Feel FMEA Currently Has in Your Business Environment?
Firm1 Lower cost of quality.
Firm2 It has helped our product entry into various markets.
Firm3 Let me rst be clear that I am answering from the sourcing perspective. Our
quality department uses FMEA extensively. In sourcing we have a FMEA
form, but we only use it in the very highest risk situations.
Firm4 I think it’s had a great impact; we’ve denitely made large strides and
improvements. However, we still have a long way to go.
Firm5
Firm6 Major
Firm7
Firm8
Firm9
Firm10 It helps where used, but only used in engineering. ...