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Issue Life Cycle and Management

Workflow_IssueSubmissionandCPA.jpg This workflow takes you through the process of a reported safety issue's lifecycle, including 26 different stages of:

  • Assessing, classifying, and managing corrective actions for issues;
  • Facilitating investigations;
  • Status changes and losing issues; and
  • Reviewing issues.

How SMS Pro Meets FAA SRM and SA Requirement

How SMS Pro Meets FAA SRM and SA Process.png This diagram demonstrates how SMS Pro meets the FAA Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance compliance requirement:

  • Follows FAA's prescribed process for SRM;
  • Follows FAA's prescribed process for SA;
  • Meets standard for interaction between SRM and SA; and
  • Can be used to demonstrate to auditors.

Aviation SMS Auditing

Workflow_Auditing_diagram_Page_02.jpgThe SMS audit workflow guides you through the process of conducting safety audits, including steps and descriptions for:

  • The lifecyle of an audit;
  • Scheduling audits;
  • Conducting audits;
  • Working with Corrective Action Plans; and
  • Using reports

Aviation Safety Meetings

Workflow_MeetingManagerHold.jpg The safety meeting workflow shows you how to SMS-Pro to:

  • Schedule a meeting with an agenda and attendees;
  • Create meeting activities;
  • Create task configuration; and
  • Post-meeting activities.

Safety Manager Workflow in Issue Manager

SM-Workflow-Diagram.png The safety manager workflow shows you how to:

  • Accessing newly assigned issues;
  • All of your responsibilities for facilitating the issue;
  • Assessing the issue;
  • Classifying the issue;
  • Assigning a Department Head to manage the issue; and
  • Changing issue status and closing it.

Department Head Workflow in Issue Manager Department head workflow in the manage tab

Department Heads are responsible for managing issues once the Safety Manager has assigned the issue to them. Their responsibilities include:

  • Performing root cause analysis;
  • Deciding which corrective actions will best mitigate exposure;
  • Assigning, managing, and accepting corrective actions to implement needed changes; and
  • Manage relevant risk controls for the current safety issue.

Corrective Preventative Actions (CPAs) Management

Dept.-Head-CPA-Workflow.jpg The CPAs workflow shows the 14 steps needed to efficiently and properly create and manage CPAs, including:

  • Creating CPAs;
  • Assigning CPAs;
  • Fulfilling CPA tasks; and
  • Completing CPAs.

Users Assigned CPAs Workflow in Issue Manager user-assigned-CPA-workflow

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This workflow takes you through the process of:

  • Performing assigned task intended to correct or prevent an issue recurrence;
  • add attachments to the task;
  • adding cost and estimate information; and
  • Understanding how to improve your SMS-Pro utilization

Proactive Hazard Analysis (& Bowtie/Hazard Register)

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This workflow takes you through the process of:

  • How to conduct Proactive Hazard Analysis;
  • How to create risk scenarios and risk controls;
  • How it is integrated with issue management; and
  • How it is integrated with Bowtie and Hazard Risk Register.
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