Step 5. Apply Weights to the Evaluation Blocks

• The value you enter in a Block n Weight parameter is assigned to the function block whose order in the evaluation list is the same as the Block n Weight number.
• It is highly recommended that you assign numbers such as prime numbers in order to avoid ties between items.
• The higher the number you assign, the higher the weight.

Items with higher weights after evaluation are more likely to fail.

Example

The four elimination blocks that have been created so far are weighted as follows.

Note: None of the blocks require immediate elimination of the item. Therefore, no block has been given a zero weight.

	Block Name	Block Parameter	Assigned Weight
1	PROC3	Block 1 Weight	7
2	COLORRule	Block 2 Weight	5
3	RAMPERCENT	Block 3 Weight	3*
4	MONITOR15Ratio	Block 4 Weight	11*

*   Block 3 Weight is the most important failure criterion.

*   Block 4 Weight is the least important.