We recently analyzed the key performance indicators (KPIs) of hundreds of aviation service providers around the globe, and used our data to assess what the most common KPI concerns are for the aviation industry.
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Key performance indicators in aviation SMS measure the core safety concerns of your organization. They help you evaluate your success at reaching important safety targets.
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Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), also called SPIs (Safety Performance Indicators), are data metrics that indicate the baseline performance of your SMS program for managing safety. The term Key Performance Indicators are indicative of the scope of KPIs:
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Setting up and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) in existing aviation SMS programs can be a daunting task for new safety managers or safety managers who are taking over an existing organization. Such safety managers have many questions like:
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Answering the question, what is a key performance indicator, is not exactly as straightforward as it may seem.
This is because key performance indicators, known commonly as KPIs, have multiple uses in aviation SMS programs.
Most obviously, as “performance” in the name implies, KPIs are data metrics (i.e. “Indicators”) used to track “performance” in aviation SMS programs.
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Key performance indicators (KPIs) are data metrics used to track performance in aviation SMS programs. This “performance” isn’t just safety, but also includes quality and financial performance as well.
Understanding what is a key performance indicator is an essential component of being able to identify signs of good KPIs.
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Selecting KPIs in aviation safety programs is neither simple nor easy. In addition to being time consuming and costly, selecting KPIs can also be a stressful experience.
Lives depend on choosing good KPIs. Your job may depend on selecting good KPIs.
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Lagging indicators are an extremely important element of system monitoring in aviation SMS programs. Lagging indicators show the historical performance of your SMS program. They answer 3 essential questions about safety in your risk management program:
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Key performance indicators (KPIs) in aviation risk management are different than KPIs from most other industries. The difference both benefit and hurt safety management’s ability to choose the right KPIs for their organization. The important differences between aviation ems KPIs and other industries are that:
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Aviation safety professional frequently emails me for opinions regarding aviation safety management systems and advice as to managing key performance indicators. Goal setting relating to key performance indicators is also common.
In the case that follows, I was asked:
"If I were to join the one KPI on Quality & Safety of a CEO in the Aviation business, what would you recommend me to suggest? My intention is to open this in the CEO’s KPIs as a performance target. Please assist if you can and thank you in anticipation!"
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