Digitalization of Product Development and the Shopfloor – Part 3
Agentic AI for FMEA Generation, Validation, and Continuous Improvement
Time:
Apr 30, 2026 11:00AM EST
Speakers:
Chad Kymal, Antony John
Description:
The future of quality engineering is not about writing more FMEAs — it’s about building intelligent risk systems.
For decades, DFMEA and PFMEA have been foundational tools for defect prevention. Yet in practice, they often become static spreadsheets — manually built, inconsistently structured, and disconnected from real production data. As product complexity accelerates and launch windows tighten, engineering teams face mounting pressure, growing documentation workloads, and the quiet concern that critical risks may remain hidden. In this third session of the Digitalization series, we explore how Agentic AI transforms FMEA from a compliance artifact into a dynamic, continuously learning risk engine.
Agentic AI operates as a digital co-engineer — trained on structured methodologies and best practices — capable of:
- Generating DFMEA, PFMEA, and Control Plans based on product functions, characteristics, and process flows
- Validating logical consistency between failure modes, effects, causes, and controls
- Detecting missing risk linkages across the Digital Thread
- Recommending optimized prevention and detection controls
- Continuously refining risk models using shop-floor data and SPC feedback
This session will demonstrate how Agentic AI enables a true left-shift in quality — embedding intelligence at the earliest stages of design while maintaining closed-loop feedback from production.
Key Takeaways:
- How Agentic AI generates structured DFMEA, PFMEA, and Control Plans using product and process inputs
- How AI validates cross-document logic across DFMEA → PFMEA → Control Plan
- How Digital Thread integration ensures full traceability of risk and controls
- How AI-enabled risk systems reduce warranty exposure, and customer escapes
Speakers
Chad Kymal is the CTO and founder of Omnex Inc., an international consulting, training, and software organization headquartered in the United States.
Experience
- Chad is a member of ISO TC 176, TC 207, Functional Safety and AS 9115 for Software Quality.
- He is a Principal Assessor and a trainer for intacs® certified ASPICE courses.
- He has published numerous papers and six books about Management Standards and Quality.
- He has conducted hundreds of audits in many different sectors from Aerospace to Steel to Distributors to Electronics and Semiconductors in North America, Asia, and Europe in the last 20 years.
- Chad assesses and works in automotive systems, hardware, and software for Agile, ASPICE, Cybersecurity and Functional Safety ISO 26262.
- He is on the writing committee of ISO 26262 3rd edition as a US representative on Part 6.
Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, overseeing worldwide operations and the Omnex Training & Consulting division across the Americas. With over 25 years of global experience, he has led digital transformation and product innovation across automotive, aerospace, semiconductor, oil & gas, and insurance industries.
An AI Solution Strategist, enthusiast, and Product Owner of O-BOT, Antony drives Omnex’s AI initiatives including the evolution of EQMS.AI and the development of the O-BOT AI Platform. His leadership has driven the development of breakthrough solutions, including the AI PPAP Reviewer, FMEA AI, AutoAssessorPro.AI, and Agentic AI Systems, which empower organizations to accelerate quality, compliance, and operational excellence through the use of AI.