  Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is one of the most practical design
tools implemented in the product design to analyze the possible failures and to
improve the design. The use of FMEA is diversified, and different approaches
are proposed by various organizations and researchers from one application to
another. The question is how to use the features of FMEA along with the design
process. This research focuses on different types of FMEA in the design
process, which is considered as the mapping between customer requirements,
design components, and product functions. These three elements of design are
the foundation of the integration model proposed in this research. The
objective of this research is to understand an integrated approach of FMEA in
the design process. Significantly, an integration framework is developed to
integrate the design process and FMEA. Then, a step-by-step FMEA-facilitated
design process is proposed to apply FMEA along with the design process.
