The sole use of Risk Priority Number as the means of prioritization can be misleading.
A better approach would be to prioritize in a two-step manner.
Address all the causes of Failure Modes where Highest Severity ranking is 10 or 9. 10 or 9 ranking refers to safety and such cases must be addressed first.
Once the 10 & 9 Severity cases are dealt with, the rest can be based on a descending order of RPN.
FMEA Executive gives a exception report that prioritizes on the basis shown above. FMEA Executive also generates a report that prioritizes the Failure Mode based on sum of RPNs due to all causes. High risk areas are thus highlighted and risk mitigation activities can be effectively focused upon.
