Safety managers are fresh, fully motivated when starting their aviation SMS implementations.
SMS Implementations are marathons, not sprints. Initially, you will be able to have many short bursts to get you out of the starting gate. These short bursts may be attributed to:
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation
Aviation safety professionals frequently email our subject-matter experts (SMEs) for opinions regarding aviation safety management systems (SMS) and advice as to managing key performance indicators (KPIs). Goal setting relating to key performance indicators is also another very common thread we are asked about.
In the case that follows, I was asked:
"If I were to join the one KPI on Quality & Safety for a CEO in the Aviation business, what would you recommend me to suggest?
Topics: Key Performance Indicators
I have a friend across the globe who is having trouble getting his head around proactive hazard identification and the resulting risk management processes in his aviation safety management system (SMS). This friend naturally prompted this blog article to explain an approach to proactively managing hazards and documenting hazard identification and risk analysis activities.
Proactive hazard management from a high level is looking at your operations and identifying hazards that may affect operations.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Operational #policies and procedures are the bureaucratic backbones to the success of every organization. The policies and procedures are the recipes or secret sauce that your company uses to deliver its product or service.
The purpose of every aviation safety management system (SMS), besides obviously improving levels of system safety, is to improve operational processes to a point where risk is mitigated as low as reasonably practical (ALARP).
Topics: Risk Management Software
Over a dozen years (Nov 2006) have passed since ICAO issued its first mandate requiring member states to implement formal, structured aviation safety management systems (SMS).
By now, I would like to believe there is considerable guidance available for aviation service providers to implement their aviation SMS. However, approximately ten percent of the people I encounter in my work as a provider of aviation SMS software request guidance on setting up their aviation SMS.
Topics: 1-Safety Policy
I have written before that one of the biggest problems with safety culture in aviation safety management systems (SMS) is the way most of us understand what safety culture is. The problem confounds itself when one considers the other related organizational performance topics, such as:
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
Every aviation safety professional has heard of a "hazard reporting system" in regards to aviation safety management systems (SMS). You may call your hazard reporting system by another name, such as the safety reporting system,
Topics: Risk Management Software
Compliance in aviation safety management systems (SMS) will become universally consistent for the most part. Sure, there will be regions where regulatory oversight remains inconsistent, but we'll not consider those operators at this time.
During SMS implementation, each operator will need to adapt its operations to embrace changes in
Topics: Risk Management Software
Without a doubt, key performance indicators (KPIs) have been on the minds of more aviation safety professionals for the past five years than any other single aviation safety topic. These KPIs cover a wide scope of business operations, such as:
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
Knowing your aviation safety management system (SMS) is much like going on an extended backpacking trip.
To be safe, you need to be aware of:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
These two on-demand videos offer:
