Over the last few years, we at Actio Lean Consulting have been supporting several client companies in adapting their Design and Process FMEAs to the most recent framework released in 2019, the so called AIAG/VDA. The AIAG/VDA FMEA guidelines and the AIAG 4th Edition FMEA guidelines are both frameworks for conducting Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), a method used to evaluate potential failures in manufacturing processes or product designs. While both aim to identify