Research Article

Inclusion of Management Desirability and Risk in Service FMEA-Based Corrective Action Selection Methodology

Table 6

Attractiveness index of CA of case example.


Failure mode

Corrective action
Risk priority numberImpact componentEffort component
Attractiveness index
Desirability indexWeight of CA goalPayoff score of CAImplementing costLead time success of CARisk aversion factor

Unreliable supply of goods/merchandise (FM1)Perform supplier evaluation 27.290.7287.57.4730.3175.01
Improve supplier relationship (CA12)210−2550.3145.54
Add adequacy of suppliers (CA13)0.00030410−2.2850.50.009125
Improve technique of marketing research (CA14)0.0000305401020.30
Facilitate intercompany upward communication (CA15)21.50−0.4240.113.64
Improve focus on customer relationship communication (CA16)0.00823100.4420.30.748

Air conditioning malfunction (FM2) Invest staff on attending AC training (CA21)25.3812.402530.2140.60
Purchase new AC units (CA22)0.0003042.40−5.8610.1−0.178
Empower available crew (CA23)0.200.803.5240.35.922