EXITON Q-gate

For FMEA Engineers

Stop finding DFMEA-BOM gaps
in review meetings.

You update the BOM. Someone else updates the FMEA. Weeks later, the review catches 40 missing items. Q-gate catches them in 3 minutes.

30-day free trial — all 9 rules No signup, no cloud 100% offline — your data stays local
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53-second demo: Setup → Run → Review → Waiver → Governance → Export

The problem every FMEA engineer knows

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BOM-FMEA drift

BOM adds 15 new parts. Nobody updates the DFMEA. The gap grows silently until the next review meeting.

Manual cross-checking

Someone spends hours going line by line: "Is C14 covered? Does FM-023 still have a cause?" Every time. By hand.

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Review meeting surprises

40 coverage gaps found during the review. Now the meeting derails into firefighting instead of design improvement.

Why this keeps happening

BOM and FMEA are separate files, maintained by separate people, on separate schedules. There's no link between them. No tool enforces consistency. The only validation is a human reading both documents side by side in a review meeting — after the design is already frozen.

If humans are checking it, something will be missed. Q-gate is the missing link.

Q-gate: your pre-review safety net

Run it before the meeting. Fix the gaps before anyone sees them.

DFMEA .xlsx
+
BOM .csv/.xlsx
Q-gate Engine
9 rules cross-check every BOM item against every DFMEA entry
R1 Coverage R2 Orphan R3 Effect R4 Cause R5 SOD R6 AP R7 Severity R8 Action R9 Dup
PASS
WARN
FAIL

Line-level detail on every finding. Export to Markdown for your review notes.

No AI. No randomness. Same input → same result. Every rule is traceable to AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook (1st Ed. 2019).

See it in action

New Review Run setup

Browse your project folder and run analysis

Review Console with violations

69 violations found with line-level detail

Request Waiver dialog

Request waivers for known exceptions

Governance waiver detail

Full audit trail for every waiver

9 Built-in Quality Rules

Each rule is traceable to AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook (1st Ed. 2019). No black box.

R1 COVERAGE_GAP

Every BOM item has at least one DFMEA entry

R2 ORPHAN_FM

No failure mode without a parent component in BOM

R3 MISSING_EFFECT

Every failure mode has at least one effect

R4 MISSING_CAUSE

Every failure mode has at least one cause

R5 SOD_RANGE

S, O, D ratings are within 1–10

R6 AP_MISMATCH

Action Priority matches AIAG & VDA table

R7 SEVERITY_CONFLICT

Same effect chain has consistent Severity

R8 EMPTY_ACTION

High-priority items have assigned actions

R9 DUPLICATE_FM

Detects duplicate failure mode entries

Simple pricing for every team

Free
Up to 20 components
No time limit
30-Day Trial
Full access
Then free tier or upgrade
Paid
$29/mo
Unlimited components

Try it on your DFMEA + BOM

macOS
.dmg — Apple Silicon & Intel
Download for macOS

Free trial (30 days)

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Windows
.exe installer
Download for Windows

Free trial (30 days)

Buy License — $29/month

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Sample Project (Automotive ECU)
BOM (77 parts) + DFMEA + .exiton.yml — try it in 2 minutes.
Download .zip (11 KB)

Current limitations

  • Windows build coming soon
  • 9 built-in rules only (no custom rules yet)
  • Draft checker, not a replacement for cross-functional review

System requirements

  • macOS 12+ (Apple Silicon or Intel)
  • DFMEA worksheet (.xlsx)
  • BOM (.csv or .xlsx)

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This software is provided for evaluation purposes. Quality gate results are deterministic checks based on AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook rules, but do not replace professional engineering judgment. By downloading, you agree to evaluate at your own discretion.