Patent 7096082 was granted and assigned to Methode Electronics (company) on August, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A control document template streamlines the creation of control documents and facilitates consistent entry of data. A multi-page spreadsheet file incorporates the design and process failure mode effects analysis pages, the control plan, tools for forming the process flow diagram, the work instructions, and the packaging specifications. A macro sorts the failure mode effects analysis pages by risk priority number without overwriting the original data.