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Navigating Organizational Risk: How Aviation OEMs Can Master SMS Compliance and Management of Change

Born out of a cross-industry collaboration by the SAE SMS Design & Manufacturing Focus Group, this white paper delivers a practical roadmap for managing the human and systemic sides of aviation safety.

Inside, discover how early adopters use refined processes to execute bulletproof gap analyses and robust Organizational Management of Change (OMOC) protocols—ensuring your safety protections evolve as fast as your organization does.
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In this White Paper You'll Learn:

The Safety 4P Framework: How to use the four conditional checks (Priority, Practicality, Protection, and Performance) to accurately filter out noise and identify the organizational hazards that truly impact safety.Streamlined OMOC & Gap Analysis: How to consolidate and categorize the industry-standard list of 75 in-scope observations into actionable checklists for Management of Change and barrier assessments.Future-Proofing Your SMS: Strategies for establishing a dynamic review cadence, ensuring your risk management processes adapt when an "out-of-scope" organizational shift suddenly becomes a safety hazard tomorrow.
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