SEVERITY

S.No Description Criteria

1 None Slight inconvenience to operation or operator or no effect.
A portion (less than 100%) of the product may have to be reworked, with
2 Very minor
no scrap, on-line but in-station.
A portion (less than 100%) of the product may have to be reworked, with
3 Minor
no scrap, on-line but out-of-station.
The product may have to be sorted, with no scrap, an a portion (less than
4 Very low
100%) reworked
100% of product may have to be reworked, or vehicle/item repaired
5 Low
offline but does not go to repair department.
A portion (less than 100%) of the product may have to be scrapped with
6 Moderate no sorting, or vehicle/item repaired in repair department with repair time
less than half an hour.
Product may have to be sorted an a portion (less than 100%) scrapped,or
7 High vehicle/item repaired in repair department with repair time between half
an hour and an hour.

100% of product may have to be scrapped, or vehicle/item repaired in

8 Very high
repair department with a repair time greater than one hour.

Hazardous
9 May endanger operator (machine or assembly) with warning.
with warning
Hazardous
10 without May endanger operator (machine or assembly) without warning.
warning

OCCURRENCE

S.No Description Criteria

1 Remote <= 0.01 per thousand pieces

2 Low 0.1 per thousand pieces

3 Low 0.5 per thousand pieces

4 Moderate 1 per thousand pieces

5 Moderate 2 per thousand pieces

6 Moderate 5 per thousand pieces

7 High 10 per thousand pieces

8 High 20 per thousand pieces

9 Very high 50 per thousand pieces

10 Very high => 100 per thousand pieces

 DETECTION

S.No Description Criteria

Discrepant parts cannot be made because item has been error proofed by
1 Very high
process/product design.

Error Proofed or Gauging Inspection. Error detection in-station

2 Very high (automatic gauging with automatic stop feature). Cannot pass discrepant
part.
Error Proofed or Gauging Inspection. Error detection in-station, OR in
3 High subsequent operations by multiple layers of acceptance: supply, select,
install, verify. Cannot accept discrepant part.
Error Proofed or Gauging Inspection. Error detection in subsequent
Moderately
4 operations, OR gauging performed on setup and first-piece check (for
high
setup causes only).
Gauging Inspection. Control is based on variable gauging after parts have
5 Moderate left the station, OR Go/No Go gauging performed on 100% of the parts
after parts have left the station.

Gauging or Manual Inspection. Control is achieved with charting

6 Low
methods, such as SPC (Statistical Process Control)

7 Very low Manual Inspection. Control is achieved w/ double visual inspection only.

8 Remote Manual Inspection. Control is achieved w/ visual inspection only.

Manual Inspection. Control is achieved w/ indirect or random checks

9 Very Remote
only.

Almost
10 Manual Inspection. Cannot detect or is not checked.
impossible