Standards & Taxonomies

One taxonomy. Every site. Every FMEA.

Manual standardization fails because humans can’t maintain consistency across classes, sites, and teams over time. Tacit enforces it at three levels, automatically.

Tacit AI - Standards & Taxonomies

Foundation

Classify first. Standardize everything else.

One master FMEA per class. Individual items inherit with tracked variations.

Product / Design Class

Same component across product variants shares failure modes. Confirm a DFMEA once — every platform inherits.

Process Class

Same manufacturing step across lines shares controls and failure modes. Update the master PFMEA, every line is flagged.

Equipment / Asset Class

Group pumps, compressors, or agitators into classes. Gang failure data across instances for valid Weibull curves.

What standardization delivers

1 taxonomy
across every site and class
80-90%
ready on first pass
Cell-level
version control & audit trail

How it works

The memory your organization needs.

A living failure mode database that grows as you use the platform.

Automatic Population

Failure modes extracted from work orders, specs, manuals, test data, and FMEA generation. No manual entry.

Linked Taxonomy

Failure modes connected to causes, effects, mechanisms, and corrective actions. Symptom to root cause in clicks.

Cross-Class Patterns

Same failure mode across different classes or domains? The database surfaces patterns so you address systemic issues.

FMEA Library

Store and reuse templates and completed analyses. New system? Start from what you already know about that class.

Standards-Aligned

Categories aligned with IEC 60812, ISO 14224, and AIAG-VDA taxonomies. Industry-standard language from day one.

Searchable & Exportable

Full-text search across all failure data. Export subsets for reporting, audits, or integration with other systems.

Variations

Master + Overrides

Master FMEA is the baseline. Each instance inherits with site-specific overrides tracked separately. Update the master — every variation is flagged with deltas highlighted.

Master Templates
Site Overrides
Delta Highlighting
Push Propagation

Version Control

Cell-level audit trail

Every cell change is versioned: who, what, when, why. Side-by-side diff. Sign-off workflows before promotion. Critical for QMSR, IATF 16949, AS9100.

Cell-Level History
Side-by-Side Diff
Sign-Off Workflows
Regulatory Audit Trail

Defense in Depth

Three levels. Increasing autonomy.

Level 1 is day one. Level 3 is steady state. Each builds on the last.

01 · Day one

Generate & Confirm

AI generates hierarchies and failure modes from your documents. Engineers approve or reject each entry. Confirmed entries become reusable class templates automatically.

Document Extraction
Thumbs Up/Down
Auto-Template Build
Class Definition

Generate & Confirm - AI generates hierarchies and failure modes from documents

02 · Expanding

Suggest & Learn

For similar components, AI suggests existing class templates instead of generating from scratch. If 80% of engineers choose the same template, it becomes the class default.

Template Suggestions
Selection Learning
Class Defaults
Variation Tracking

Suggest & Learn - AI suggests existing class templates for similar components

03 · Steady state

Scan & Harmonize

AI scans the full database across all sites. Finds duplicates (“Pump leaking” vs “leakage on pump”). Flags version drift. Suggests merges and naming alignment.

Duplicate Detection
Naming Alignment
Version Drift Flags
Cross-Site Scan

Scan & Harmonize - AI scans database across all sites for duplicates and drift

Enterprise-wide

What one site learns, every site inherits.

Standardization matters most in multi-site operations where consistency is a regulatory and operational requirement.

Pharma
Chemicals
Oil & Gas
Mining
Energy
Automotive
Aerospace
Food & Drink
Semiconductor

See your standardization gaps.

Send us a sample of your FMEAs. We show you where naming, structure, and coverage diverge.

Book a working session

One system proven in 3 weeks. 80–90% engineer-ready or you walk away with the deliverables.

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