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Automotive Core Tools: FMEA (AIAG-VDA 1st Edition)
The core tool an automotive customer audits hardest, taught to the 2019 AIAG-VDA handbook: the seven-step method, the five T's, the three-level structure tree, functions written so the failures fall out of them, effect against mode against cause, prevention against detection controls, the severity, occurrence and detection tables, the Action Priority table that replaced RPN, optimisation with owners and dates, results documentation, a reverse FMEA pass on the shop floor and the supplemental FMEA-MSR.
Inside the course
From the lessons
The seven-step method, and what changed in 2019
Bhavya Mangla
Choosing the FMEA and scoping it before the form opens
Bhavya Mangla
Structure analysis and function analysis
Bhavya Mangla
Failure analysis, and the two kinds of control
Bhavya Mangla
Risk analysis: severity, occurrence, detection and Action Priority
Bhavya Mangla
Optimisation, results documentation and checking it on the floor
Bhavya Mangla
Lesson frames belong to the creators named in the Credits below and are shown from YouTube.
What you will learn
Raise a PFMEA to the AIAG-VDA seven-step method. Scope it with the five T's and decide whether a problem belongs in a DFMEA or a PFMEA. Build the three-level structure tree and write a function for every box. Separate failure effect, failure mode and failure cause and place each at the right level. Mark every existing control as prevention or detection and say what each one moves. Rate severity, occurrence and detection against the handbook tables, then read Action Priority instead of chasing an RPN threshold. Write optimisation actions with an owner, a date and a re-rating. Assemble the Step 7 results documentation, verify the document against the line with a reverse FMEA pass, and say when a supplemental FMEA-MSR is needed.
- Scope a PFMEA with the five T's and set a boundary you can defend to a customer
- Build the three-level structure tree and write every function as verb, noun and requirement
- Place failure effect, mode and cause at the right level so the argument about which is which stops
- Mark every control on your line as prevention or detection, and say which rating each one moves
- Rate severity, occurrence and detection against the handbook tables and read Action Priority instead of an RPN threshold
- Write optimisation actions with owner, date and re-rating, then check them on the line with a reverse FMEA pass
Course content
8 modules · 17 lessons · 3h 24m
In order, at whatever pace suits you. Each module ends with a practice task that builds on the last, and a short quiz.
- 01The seven-step method, and what changed in 20192 lessons26m
- 02Choosing the FMEA and scoping it before the form opens3 lessons28m
- 03Structure analysis and function analysis2 lessons25m
- 04Failure analysis, and the two kinds of control2 lessons31m
- 05Risk analysis: severity, occurrence, detection and Action Priority3 lessons35m
- 06Optimisation, results documentation and checking it on the floor3 lessons30m
- 07Supplemental FMEA-MSR, and why FMEAs go dead in real plants2 lessons29m
- 08Final assessment0 lessons0m
Requirements
- Who it is for
- Intermediate. Suits diploma and degree engineers in production, quality, maintenance or controls at an automotive supplier, or applying to one. No statistics or software background needed.
- Software
- None required. A spreadsheet is enough for the structure tree, the rating sheet and the action list.
- Hardware
- None.
Automotive Core Tools: FMEA (AIAG-VDA 1st Edition) at a glance
Automotive Core Tools: FMEA (AIAG-VDA 1st Edition) is a free, self-paced online quality management course from EDWartens India with 8 modules, 3h 24m of video lessons, written notes, practice tasks and assessments, and an optional verifiable certificate.
- Price
- ₹0, free for good. No trial, no card. Comparable classroom training of this length costs about ₹2,499.
- Format
- 8 self-paced modules, 3h 24m of video, written notes, a quiz per module and a final assessment.
- Level
- Intermediate. Intermediate. Suits diploma and degree engineers in production, quality, maintenance or controls at an automotive supplier, or applying to one. No statistics or software background needed.
- Brand
- Vendor-neutral
- Software
- None required. A spreadsheet is enough for the structure tree, the rating sheet and the action list.
- Hardware
- None.
- Certificate
- Optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, verifiable by code. Not a vendor credential.
- Video lessons by
- Bhavya Mangla (independent creators, credited below)
- Language
- English
A shareable EDWartens certificate
Finish every module and pass the final assessment, and the optional EDWartens certificate is yours. It carries a unique verification code on a public page anyone can check, so it stands up when a recruiter looks it up. See it below.
- Add it to your LinkedIn profile in one click
- Link it from a CV or portfolio, the URL is permanent
- Publicly verifiable by code, not a PDF anyone can edit
- Issued by EDWartens India, the training centre itself
The course itself stays free whether or not you ever buy one.
Stuck? Ask a practising engineer
A free course usually means a comment section and hope. This one does not. Every module has an Ask-your-trainer panel that reaches the same engineers who teach our paid programme: people who commission panels for a living, not moderators.
- Questions answered in the context of the module you are on
- The same engineers who teach the AEP programme
- Career tools, CV help and public job listings included
- Your progress and notes stay in your account for good
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Common questions
The page mentions APQP and PPAP. Are they taught here?
No. This course teaches one core tool properly: FMEA to the AIAG-VDA 1st Edition, which is the tool an automotive quality interview goes deepest into and the one the control plan is built from. APQP, PPAP, MSA, SPC and the control plan are named where FMEA hands over to them, so you know the connection, but they are not taught in these modules and the course does not pretend otherwise.
Do I need any software or a licence?
No. A spreadsheet, or even A4 paper, is enough for the structure tree, the rating sheet and the action list. Nothing in the course needs Minitab, a licensed FMEA package or a statistics background.
What should I know before starting?
Enough shop-floor familiarity to describe one real operation: what the station does, what can go wrong and who checks it. Production, maintenance and controls engineers already have that. No prior quality role is assumed.
Is this the same as an AIAG, IATF or ASQ certification?
No, and it is not preparation marketed as one. AIAG, IATF and ASQ run their own paid examinations and issue their own credentials. This is free EDWartens training on the published AIAG-VDA method, useful preparation if you later sit one of those exams, but it is not that certification and is never described as equivalent to it.
Is the course really free?
Yes. Every module, the practice tasks and the assessments cost ₹0. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked.
What certificate do I get?
An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you have finished every module and passed the final assessment at 70 percent, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a vendor credential and is never described as one.
Who made the video lessons?
The creator named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channel. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creator is not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the module notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.
Will this help me move from production into quality?
It is the vocabulary that interview runs on. Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers in Chakan, Oragadam, Manesar and Sanand ask candidates to walk through a failure chain, explain Action Priority and say what a prevention control changes. The practice tasks build that answer from your own line rather than from a textbook example.
What you walk away with
Your certificate for Automotive Core Tools: FMEA (AIAG-VDA 1st Edition)
Finish the course, pass the final, and this is the document with your name on it.
Verifiable by anyone
A unique certificate number and a public verification page. A recruiter checks it in ten seconds.
Adds to LinkedIn in one click
Issuer, credential ID and URL prefilled, with 5 matching skills to pin to your profile.
QR code on the certificate
Scans straight to the verification page, so a printed copy proves itself.
Names what you can do
Lists the topics covered, from the aiag-vda seven-step fmea method, and what changed from the 2008 edition to optimisation, step 7 results documentation, reverse fmea on the line and supplemental fmea-msr.
A permanent link
Put it on a CV, a portfolio or an application. The URL never changes.
Earned, not attended
Issued only after every module and a final assessment at 70%, with three attempts. That is why it stands up.
Learning is free. The certificate is optional.
Add it now and pay only when you have finished the course, or come back for it later. One-off, ₹559, GST included, with a receipt.
Issued by EDWartens India (Wartens Automation Private Limited) as a Certificate of Completion for this self-paced course. It is not a vendor certification, a university award or a CPD-accredited activity, and it does not certify competence on live equipment. Delivered electronically; see the refund policy.
Credits
Who made the video lessons
The video lessons in this course were created by the people below, not by EDWartens. Every lesson streams from its creator's own YouTube channel; EDWartens neither hosts nor sells that footage, and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens and do not endorse this course. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.
- Bhavya Manglathe whole FMEA 1st Edition (2019 AIAG-VDA) series in English: the seven steps and what changed from 2008, planning and preparation, DFMEA against PFMEA, structure and function analysis, failure mode against cause against effect, prevention against detection controls, severity, occurrence and detection, RPN against Action Priority, optimisation, Step 7 results documentation, reverse FMEA, the supplemental FMEA-MSR and the 3G shop-floor habit
If you are one of these creators and would like a lesson removed or credited differently, write to info@wartens.com.