Articles and publications about Risk, Quality, Design & Innovation

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Essential notions for FMEA by Knowllence web

Essential notions for FMEA by Knowllence web

  Global objectives Use the basic functionalities of FMEA by Knowllence and know how to complete the information resulting from work meetings, particularly in the event of a customer audit or as part of a quality improvement process. Educational objectives The...

Demonstration of our AIAG-VDA FMEA Software (webinar)

Discover Knowllence TDC FMEA software through 2 webinars: AIAG-VDA software for Design FMEA: Program Quick reminder about the AIAG-VDA Methodology for Design FMEA: Be guided through the AIAG-VDA handbook from Step 1 - Project planning and preparation to Step  7 -...

Meet Ford’s CSR By Implementing A Robust FMEA Solution

This webinar is organised with Bassetti Americas. In 2022, Ford created a CSR mandating that all suppliers implement an FMEA software solution that "ensures the alignment of the Foundation FMEA, Part FMEA, control plan and other applicable documents" by December 31,...

History of Knowllence

Discover also our parent company, BASSETTI Group...   2022 Knowllence becomes member of NEXTMOVE cluster for Mobility and automotive industryRenewal of the Bpifrance Excellence label. 2021 French QUALIOPI certification, which attests to the quality of our...

Digitized management approach by FMEA software based on AIAG-VDA 1st standard

遵循AIAG-VDA标准的FMEA软件助力您的电子化管理进程 Online Conference 在线会议 Tuesday, September 6th 2022 (2022年9月6日, 星期二) 16:00-17:00 (Beijing time) Language: Chinese 语言:中文 Click here to watch the video of TEEXMA QMS Software by BASSETTI 点击观看TEEXMA QMS软件宣传短片Click here to watch the video of...

AIAG-VDA & Design FMEA – Robust Engineering Software

Overall objectives To implement the Robust Engineering Software for the deployment of Design FMEA according to the 7 steps of the FMEA AIAG-VDA Ed1 manual. To implement Robust Engineering Software for the deployment of Functional Needs Analyses. → if Option 2...

AIAG-VDA & Process FMEA – Robust Manufacturing Software

Overall objectives To implement the Robust Engineering Software for the deployment of PROCESS FMEA according to the 7 steps of the FMEA – AIAG-VDA Ed1 manual To implement the Robust Engineering Software for the deployment of CONTROL PLAN and JOB DESCRIPTION → if...

Blended learning: easier training

What is blended learning? Blended learning is a “mixed / blended” training process integrating: Live training with the trainer: either in remote or on-site sessions E-learning sessions on a dedicated online platform: Rise Up or your platform   Offer your collaborators...

EURO-SYMBIOSE and KNOWLLENCE are partners for FMEA

As of September 2019, EURO-SYMBIOSE and KNOWLLENCE are joining forces to offer a solution adapted to the new AIAG-VDA FMEA standard. EURO-SYMBIOSE & KNOWLLENCE: two complementary entities EURO-SYMBIOSE supports its clients in their search for efficiency and...

Training: FAQ and best practices

Everything you want to know about our trainings… without ever daring to ask! You will find below the answers to the most frequently asked questions about our training catalog… If you can't find what you're looking for, don't hesitate: contact us!You want to know more?...

BASSETTI Group: a word from David Bassetti, Founder & CEO

BASSETTI Group's vocation BASSETTI Group is specialized in the edition and integration of software packages for the industrial world and helps companies from this field to efficiently use their high value-added intangible capital.BASSETTI Group offers software tools...

Our FMEA software at APLIX

​APLIX invested in Knowllence software in 2017 to replace the countless Excel files that everyone was adapting to their habits. The objective was to centralize and homogenize the work, particularly in terms of Process FMEA studies. Interview from April 2021Mr....

ISO 14971 Software Validation File

Qualification of IT systems used to ensure quality and medical-device design is essential. This follows Article 4.1.6 in ISO 13485:2016 as well as European and FDA directives. To help our customers save time when building and maintaining their validation files linked...

The Arkema Starmap Tool: A Worldwide TDC Sécurité Rollout

Arkema, the global leader in speciality materials After branching off from Total over 15 years ago, the French company Arkema is currently the leader of speciality materials with over €7.9 million in turnover and 20,000 employees. Arkema acquired Bostik in 2015,...

Block Boundary Diagrams: A Solution Using SysML?

An introduction to the block boundary diagram The AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook, published in June 2019, explains how to set up a Design FMEA analysis using seven steps. Structure analysis, Step 2, depicts the architecture of the studied system with the two recommended...

Easy-to-Read and Coherent Inspection Procedures with Your FMEAs

Robust Manufacturing Suite helps you create easy-to-read, illustrated inspection procedures for immediate access by operators in their working languages. As expected, these inspection procedures share pertinent data with the FMEA database, control plan, work...

Parameter Diagram (P-Diagram)

The P-Diagram is a graphic tool created before a project in addition to the product's functional analysis. The P-Diagram appears in the AIAG 4th Edition manual. In 2020, the AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook also presented this tool and proposed a variant to supplement the...

FMEA Action Plan

Management of FMEA action plan is the foundation of the continuous improvement process, and we have integrated it into our FMEA tool. The action plan is integrated with the same database as the FMEA charts, control plan, manufacturing flow chart, inspection...

Manufacturing Flow Chart: Keep It Coherent!

Robust Manufacturing Suite has an integrated, graphic manufacturing flow chart editor to help customize your needs. As part of the FMEA tool, it shares data with the FMEA charts, control plans, inspection procedures, and FMEA action plan.The manufacturing flow chart...

RM 14971 Assists in Compliance with ISO 14971:2019

For Regulatory Affairs Departments to Manage medical device risks under ISO 14971:2019 and Automatically generate risk management reports RM 14971 is a Medical Device Suite database module.An ISO 14971 program with integrated reference documents This ISO 14971-based...

FMEA: Design FMEA, MSR and Process FMEA Software

FMEA: Design FMEA, MSR and Process FMEA Software

Discover FMEA in less than four minutes!The FMEA web application that truly structures and compiles your FMEA studies!   Robust Engineering Software  and TEEXMA for Quality module   Design, Means, and Process FMEA studies; PRA; system risks views; control...

The AIAG & VDA FMEA Method: Handbook and Software

A great opportunity for the automotive industry & complex systems ​The AIAG FMEA 4th Edition reference manual has been the guide used by many industries for several years now. In June 2019, the USA-based AIAG and the German VDA published a handbook with an...

Control plan / Inspection plan

  The control plan is the document that summarizes the control strategy for the Design/Process set. A good control plan is connected to the Process FMEA. It ensures zero defects for customers and aims to reduce waste. The control plan, the core of our software...

Software for Medical Devices: ISO 14971 and Design

Manage ISO 14971 risks, CEI 62366 usability and the design of your medical devices with Medical Device SoftwareThe modular programs in Medical Device Software provide the following advantages to Regulatory Affairs and Design teams: Structures functional analysis,...

Process FMEA Tool, Control Plan, and Flow Chart Software

Process FMEA Tool, Control Plan, and Flow Chart Software

  An FMEA tool for quality in manufacturing Centralize your Process FMEAs, flow charts, control plans, inspection procedures, work instructions, and workstation charts in the same database Control quality by focusing on risk management and monitoring of actions rather...

How can you achieve ISO 26262 compliance?

ISO 26262 is based largely on IEC 61508. Updated in 2018, the standard addresses safety in onboard electrical and electronic systems for road vehicles. Complying with ISO 26262 means setting up a process related to ensuring quality (or ensuring safety) and a safety...

Company Action Plan and Workflow: Action Facilitator

Action Facilitator is a plug-in for the Knowllence software suites that can be activated with any modules you currently use. Why should you use a company action plan in addition to the Knowllence suites? Through their different modules, the Knowllence software suites...

Special or Key Characteristics

Our FMEA tool helps you manage the control of your special characteristics (or key characteristics) in an optimized, pertinent fashion throughout the entire design and manufacturing processes. Special characteristics are used extensively in the automotive sector as...

HOW TO PRIORITIZE YOUR FMEA?

  As a part of our partnership with EURO-SYMBIOSE, the FMEA experts of our two companies worked together in order to warrant you a common understanding of the new AIAG-VDA handbook and to synchronize our best practices. The FMEA software by Knowllence is...

Revisions to ISO 14971:2019 and Medical Device Suite

ISO 14971:2019 Medical Device Suite helps you analyse your risks under ISO 14971: Medical Devices — Application of Risk Management to Medical Devices. This standard has been revised, and the newer version, ISO 14971:2019, was published in December 2019. The standard...

Bassetti China with Knowllence to 3rd FMEA Forum China 2019

The synergy between Knowllence and Bassetti China is one more time effective! From 6th-7th of November, BASSETTI as one of the sponsors of this event is delighted to give a speech about "FMEA Software solution compliant with the new AIAG & VDA Standard". Thomas,...

Come and meet us at 3rd Forum FMEA Shanghai, China !

FMEA for "Trouble Free Innovations"   Forum FMEA Shanghai, China - November, 6/7 2019      Meet our Team on our booth ! We will present you the AIAG-VDA version of our FMEA software on our Bassetti Group booth, and during a conference .FMEA FORUM CHINA...

New FMEA software compatible AIAG VDA

FMEA Webinar with BASSETTI ChinaOn June 18, BASSETTI China, with the help of Knowllence, organized a webinar in China to help companies improve their FMEA process with the new software compliant with the AIAG VDA repository.With more than 25 years of experience and...

Diehl recommends FMEA software!

Located in Besançon, DIEHL AUGÉ DÉCOUPAGE is recognized for the development, cutting and over moulding of precision parts and for its control of multi-functional parts of metal and plastic. The proposed solutions are internationally successful in...

Knowllence at INTEC 2019, Leipzig, Germany

Come and meet us (5-8 february): Knowllence will be present at the Arsi-Q stand, our German partner Halle 5, Stand D06. Mr Karl Wöll and Mr Mathias Silvant will be at your disposal for any question concerning our FMEA and Teexma software.

TEEXMA for Quality: the answer to Quality expectations

Non-compliances, 8D, QRQC, Audit, FeedbackTEEXMA for Quality The quality approach within a company constitutes an important stake. It enables to demonstrate that at all your organisation levels, the implied actors follow formalised and clear tasks and that the control...

New AIAG VDA FMEA Handbook: opportunities?

What are the opportunities for automotive and complex systems? On June 3rd, 2019, AIAG and VDA has officially published the new harmonised approach for the FMEA deployment. Discover the analysis and explanations by Knowllence through 2...

Knowllence has joined the BASSETTI Group

In 2018, the BASSETTI Group continued its external growth strategy, in particular through the acquisition of the software publisher, Knowllence, a risk management facilitator. Knowllence offers complete solutions (software and services) for Quality in Design and...

Faurecia: FMEA and complex projects

Organisation and management at global level In October 2017, during our Users Club, Mr. Lenoir did us the honour to present the « organisational » aspect of Quality and FMEA at Faurecia. He explained how its division is prepared to exploit in particular the Knowllence...

Faurecia / FMEA and SPC: R&D communication and factories

Faurecia Mechanisms has been using interfacing between FMEA and SPC software for many years. In October 2017, Mr. Graindorge from Faurecia did us the honour to testify during our Users Club. He is one of the Key Users of our FMEA software; he is...

VDA FMEA Software (German standard)

VDA FMEA Software (German standard)

    This software module was compliant with the German standard VDA 4 FMEA studies We have stopped the sales to new customers, waiting the FMEA AIAG VDA Alignment, in 2018. It is of course always supported for existing Clients.     Achieve VDA...

Not Fond of FMEA? Start with Control Plan!

We can't really say that FMEAs are very loved by some teams... If you don't have fans of FMEAs... There are ways to work around the problem!Some companies have not yet implemented preventive analyses of their manufacturing operations. Some people openly declare...

Faurecia Mechanisms Optimises All Its Industrialisation Management

Faurecia Mechanisms centralises all the FMEA data - Control Plan, special characteristics and work instructions - within our FMEA Software Robust Manufacturing Suite. These data are also shared with the SPC Sesame software by Zylia Tech: it results in considerable...

Preliminary Audit Prior to the Informatisation of your FMEAs

Audit:Optimise your information system (FMEA and Quality in production) thanks to an audit carried out by Knowllence!Knowllence's team of consultants-trainers has a lot of expertise in carrying out audits of company's current functioning in terms of studies FMEA...

More webinars in French

At the moment, because we just participate to Events in France or Switzerland, this section of our website doesn't propose as many choices as the French section.  

HACCP Software : Implementing and Respecting the HACCP Methodology

HACCP Software : Implementing and Respecting the HACCP Methodology

HACCP Software By Knowllence: Manage ISO 22000 Risks! Helps for the HACCP Risk Management Knowllence HACCP software helps implementing and respecting the HACCP methodology It suggests carrying out a tree of the operations to analyse and a process modelization diagram,...

FTA Software for Fault Tree Analysis

FTA Software for Fault Tree Analysis

A fault tree analysis software ensuring reliable calculations and faithful methodological links Fault tree publisher and quantification thanks to a calculation engine™ Easy first use of the fault tree publisher with FTA Software Our FTA software offers a user-friendly...

FAURECIA has chosen our software for FMEAs

FAURECIA has chosen our software for FMEAs

  Knowllence is delighted to announce that we have been chosen to support FAURECIA in its use of the software Suite for functional analysis, PRA , process / design FMEA and fault trees.   Knowllence – specialized in the integration of software and service...

Conference at the CSVA – Canadian Society of Value Analysis

Conference at the CSVA – Canadian Society of Value Analysis

  Integrated Computerized Tools to Efficiently Manage the Development of New Products Montreal on November 19th and 20th, 2007 Knowllence America will give a speech : Integrated Computerized Tools to Efficiently Manage the Development of New Products" This CSVA...

TDC Process FMEA becomes Robust Manufacturing Suite

Robust Manufacturing Suite is the new name of our TDC Process FMEA software, because it does much more than just Process FMEA studies! Software Solution for Quality in Manufacturing: Involve all teams in a motivating making up of lean management and FMEA methodology...

Need, Software for Functional Analysis of Needs and Value Management

Need, Software for Functional Analysis of Needs and Value Management

Capture the requirements, structure and capitalize the Functional Analysis of Needs Value Management, EN 1325-1 and French NF X 50-151, APTE® method A formalized and standardized approach for Functional Analysis of Needs TDC Need software helps you express your right...

Schneider Electric: design using Knowllence Software

Jean-François Prevéraud granted us the privilege to draft a report of the day, in the Industrie & Technologies newsletter, dated Thursday May 15th Schneider Electric Group just achieved a tremendous amount of unification and arranging work of its design approach....

Software for Enterprise Risk Management (ISO 9001:2015, ONR 49000)

Software for Enterprise Risk Management (ISO 9001:2015, ONR 49000)

Map your business risks and manage your action plansThe 2015 version of ISO 9001 and 14001 as well as the 2016 versions of IATF 16949 and EN 9100 explicitly introduce the notion of "risks related to threats and opportunities." Control through risk management ensures...

FMEA Software Used by Plastic Omnium: a Major Asset!

Plastic Omnium has been using our TDC FMEA software solution for years (now Robust Manufacturing Suite).FMEA is a very powerful preventive tool, contributing to the continuous Quality improvement. This tool has proved successful with concrete achieved results on our...

Consulting for Functional Analysis in The Have-it European Project

Knowllence partner of the European project "Have-it" HAVEit (Highly Automated VEhicle for intelligent transport) is a project supported by the European research. This is a project that brings together numerous partners from different countries, mainly from the fields...

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