The Editors and the Model

APIS IQ-Software lets you model, view, print and analyze complex systems and processes in many ways.

Structure Tree

Modeling the system/process as a graphical tree offers unparalleled lucidity. For large systems, folding the parts of the tree that currently are not under consideration lets the team focus more effectively on the relevant items.

Details of selected nodes of the tree can optionally be displayed in a separate window.

Process Flow

Processes are best created using a process flow diagram. Icons that show the type of the process can be attached to every item in the process flow. Selected regions of the diagram can be drawn with colored background. For every process step, the process characteristics are shown in a table which is integrated in the flow diagram.

Functional Interdependence

Analyzing the functional relationships becomes more and more important for risk analysis with the increasing complexity of modern systems. APIS IQ-Software uses the function net for creating these relationships. In addition to the relations between functions, the function net editor can also display various context data for ease of understanding.

Failure Interdependence

Identifying the relationship between failures is one of the most important tasks of risk analysis. APIS IQ-Software uses the failure net for creating these relationships. If a structure and Functional Analysis was performed, the failure net can also automatically be derived from the function net. In addition to the relations among failures, the failure net editor can also display various context data for ease of understanding.

FMEA Form / Defining Actions

Although actions can also be defined in other editors, the FMEA form is the most popular editor for defining actions. But there is no such thing as the FMEA form. Instead, many countries (USA, Germany, Japan) and often companies also define their own form layout. APIS IQ-Software can also cope with this situation.

The form is automatically created based on the model as described above. With a single keystroke, different layouts (eg. AIAG or VDA) can be used, not only for viewing and printing the data but also for directly entering the data.

It is also possible to open an empty form in any of the supported layouts and to directly enter the data into this form, but with a support and user friendliness which greatly surpasses that of EXCEL or any other tool for filling in a tabular form.

The statistics editor of APIS IQ-Software provides data and documents for controlling every phase of the analysis process and presenting the results to management.

Pareto Analysis

The pareto analyses allows you to focus on those areas of the system/process where the most critical risk is to be expected. This analysis is linked to the rest of the model; so a single mouse click on a bar in a bar chart will for example open the FMEA form where the corresponding risk is described.

Action Tracking

Action Tracking is a special statistical analysis that shows the progress of task completion over time.