Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) provides an effective way for improving product design and process planning by prioritizing potential product and process failures so that preventive measures can be taken in early stages. However, one of the drawbacks of the FMEA is especially the risk priority number (RPN) as determined by multiplying the converted scores of the three predefined factors without considering their relative importance. This paper addresses a compromising measure to mix the existing two fuzzy AHP methods when the three factors with their relative importance should be considered and there are over 10 potential failure odes to be evaluated. A numerical example is shown to explain the procedures and to testify the applicability of the proposal.