Do you have a safety culture?
A safety culture means that you have a policy and strategy within your organization, which sufficiently supports the development, production and aftersales services of safety critical products.
Examples of an unacceptable level:
- Cost and schedule always take precedence over safety and quality.
- Management reacts only when there is a safety problem in the field.
- Employees concerned about safety are afraid to be treated as a "whistleblower".
- No systematic continuous improvement proces.
- Heavy dependence on testing at the end of product development.
Examples indicative of a good safety culture:
- Safety is the highest priority.
- Safety issues are discovered early in the product lifycycle.
- Reward system motivates effective achievement of functional safety.
- Reward system penalises those who take shortcuts jeopardising safety.
- A defined, documented, disciplined process is followed at all levels.
- Continuous improvement is integral to all processes.
Take your responsibility now - start with a stepwise implementation of relevant safety standards!
