FMEA Studio — Help & Guide
Build a Process FMEA one part at a time — generate the failure modes and causes for each process, rate the risk, and export a clean Excel workbook.
FMEA Studio is launching soon. This guide covers how it works so you're ready on day one.
Getting started
- Create your account at fmeastudio.dropfeed.io. You start on the Free plan — 3 FMEAs per month, no credit card required.
- Start a new FMEA. Click New FMEA and enter the Part number, Part description, Revision, and Standard. A FMEA belongs to a part — you build it up process by process.
- Draft a starter FMEA (optional). On an empty FMEA, describe how the part is made in a sentence or two. FMEA Studio drafts the main process steps for you — named by operation, with no made-up operation numbers — each with its requirements, failure modes, causes, and controls. Rename or number them to match your plan.
- Add a process. Enter a process / operation (e.g. "CNC Machining" or "Final Inspection") and what the step does. FMEA Studio drafts its requirements, potential failure modes, effects, causes, and current controls. Add as many processes as the part needs.
- Rate the risk. Fill in Severity, Occurrence, and Detection (1–10) for each row. SEV×OCC, RPN, and Action Priority calculate automatically as you type. Edit any field, and add a Classification where it applies.
- Export. Click Export Excel to download a formatted .xlsx with merged cells, ready to drop into your quality system.
Two ways to build
Draft a starter FMEA takes a plain-English description of how the part is made and drafts the main process steps for you. Add a process lets you enter each operation yourself, one at a time. Either way, the process steps are named by operation with no made-up operation numbers — so you number and align them to your own process flow and control plan. You can edit, rename, or delete any step after.
About the ratings (S, O, D)
FMEA Studio deliberately leaves Severity, Occurrence, and Detection blank — those ratings depend on your team's scales and real data, and shouldn't be guessed by AI. Once you fill them in, the tool computes them for you:
- SEV × OCC — a criticality figure.
- RPN — Severity × Occurrence × Detection.
- Action Priority — High / Medium / Low, using the AIAG-VDA approach.
Requirements are kept generic on purpose — FMEA Studio never invents specific dimensions, tolerances, or part numbers. Unknown values appear as clear [BRACKETS] for you to confirm against your drawing.
Choosing your standard
Pick the quality standard you work to — ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 13485, and more — or choose Other and type any customer-specific standard. The analysis aligns its language and controls accordingly.
Plans & usage
- Free — 3 FMEAs (parts) per month. Adding processes to a part is unlimited; the monthly limit counts documents, not generations.
- Pro — $29/month, unlimited FMEAs.
Frequently asked questions
Does the AI assign S/O/D ratings?
No. It produces the qualitative analysis — failure modes, effects, causes, controls, and recommended actions — and leaves the numeric ratings for your team to set. RPN and Action Priority then calculate automatically.
Does generating processes count against my monthly limit?
No. The monthly limit counts FMEA documents (parts). Building one part out with many processes doesn't cost extra generations.
Can I edit what it generates?
Yes — every field and rating is fully editable, with autosave. Add, edit, or delete any row.
What does the export look like?
A real Excel .xlsx workbook (not a CSV or an XML file that triggers a warning), with merged cells grouping each process, requirement, and failure mode.
Is there a free way to try it?
Yes — a free, no-signup tool lets you analyze a process and see the failure modes on screen. Create an account to build full multi-process FMEAs, save them, and export.
Need more help?
Email support@dropfeed.io and we'll get back to you.
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