Best Aviation Safety Management System Software

NorthWest Data Solutions in Anchorage, Alaska designs, develops and supports a Web-based software application called SMS Pro. SMS Pro is a complete toolkit for aviation service providers to manage their aviation safety management systems (SMS) requirements. SMS Pro uses a SQL Server database and is a highly customizable aviation safety management system that was designed specifically for the aviation industry following the documented SMS requirements and recommendations of ICAO, IS-BAO, FAA and Transport Canada. These documents include:

• ICAO's 9859
• FAA's 120-92; and a lot of
• Transport Canada's SMS documentation.

All stakeholders in an organization should have the ability to submit Safety, Quality, Security & Compliance issues to your organization's aviation safety management system. These stakeholders may be suppliers, customers, contractors, external auditors or board members.

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Aviation Safety Hazard Reporting System for Public Users

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In order to use your organization's Web-based SMS application, users must be trained in its use and demonstrate that they understand their role in the aviation SMS program and the overall objective of your oganizaitonal aviation SMS.

The SMS Induction process is entirely voluntary for an organization, but highly recommended in order to ensure that:

• Your users are trained in the elements of SMS for which they are responsible for; and
• Your organization can successfully and more efficiently withstand an audit.

Safety management systems can be defined as a synchronized, far-reaching suite of practices developed to lead and regulate resources to optimally administer safety, security, safety and compliance problems affecting daily activities. Effective safety management systems take unrelated processes and builds them into one coherent arrangement to realize the next level of safety implementation, making safety management a basic component of general risk administration, service safety and customer satisfaction.

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These days, aviation service providers benefit by improved productiveness and efficiencies by implementing up to date safety management systems. Modern safety or risk management systems can be web-based software applications that enable aviation service providers to practice pro-active and reactive risk management activities. As a result of these modern safety management software solutions employing a web-based platform, all staff are able to login to the system from everyplace with a stable internet link. This implies that aviation service providers with several sites across the world can track safety performance information throughout their total company in a distinct safety management program. The end result is a utterly clear illustration of executive safety performance.

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Management often requires an Aviation SMS mechanism to document that team member read and understand important instructions or advisory notices. SMS Pro's Must Acknowledge module satisfies this requirement.

The following checklist shows how SMS Pro satisfies aviation safety management systems' requirements.

Questions such as this, are considered:

• Does aviation safety management system commit senior management to be involved in Aviation SMS?
• Has senior management approved flight organization’s aviation safety policy & operating safety standards?
• Does aviation safety management system detail how aviation safety policy and aviation safety standards will be communicated to all staff, with visible endorsement by senior management?
• Does aviation safety management system detail how appropriate resources will be allocated to support Aviation SMS?
• Does aviation safety management system include process for senior management to establish appropriate reporting chain for flight-related safety issues?
• Does aviation safety management system commit senior management to actively encourage staff participation in the SMS?

Transport Canada (TC) performed a thorough audit of SMS Pro recently. They were very impressed and consider it the most "comprehensive SMS tool they have seen so far." SMS Pro is a very user friendly, Web-based safety management system, including hazard reporting systems and sophisticated management, monitoring, and reporting tools that every aviation SMS should have in some fashion or another, whether you are under Transport Canada, FAA or ICAO regulations.

TC became excited many times when they saw aviation SMS functionality not seen in other systems. In addition, they liked how dynamic reports were available at a click of the fingers, especially the financial reports.

To see other SMS Pro items that impressed Transport Canada auditors, read more.

Aviation SMS has been moving at a snail's pace in the U.S. because American business is driven by the "bottom line."