Q-Pulse — Integrated Aviation Quality & Safety Management
Aviation Quality Management
 “Quality Management [should] interface with Safety Management as part of the organisation’s core management system… Companies establishing a SMS need to take a pragmatic approach, building where possible on existing procedures and practices, particularly Quality Management.”CAP 712 – Safety Management Systems for Commercial Air Transport Operations
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In the airline industry, Quality is paramount; regulations such as EU-OPS, JAR-FCL and EASA Part-145 require airlines to implement and maintain a Quality System to monitor compliance with, and the adequacy of, procedures required to ensure safe operational practices and airworthy aeroplanes.
As part of the Quality System, airlines must implement and maintain a Quality Assurance Programme (QAP) to make sure that operational practices are safe and that aircraft are airworthy, and to review such systems through regular internal and external audit.
As well as being a requirement of JAA/EASA regulations, auditing is integral to the effectiveness of any QAP: from internal and external audits of the airline and its suppliers to third-party audits by customers and regulators, airlines are continually being audited.
A Systematic and Holistic Approach to Quality & Safety
Q-Pulse comprises a series of interconnected modules that gives airlines an interlocking framework with which to manage their quality management systems (QMS). In addition, the same framework can be used to manage safety management systems (SMS) both proactively and reactively.
Q-Pulse helps to integrate how the QMS and SMS are being managed throughout the organisation, covering key regulatory functions including:
- – Audit management
- – CA/PA management
- – Policy and procedure management
- – Occurrence management
- – Occurrence & CA/PA analysis
By enabling airlines to integrate the management of quality and safety, Q-Pulse helps airlines to meet requirements common to multiple regulations, including EU-OPS, EASA Part-145 and IOSA, as well as to enhance the maintenance and improvement of quality and safety management.
In integrating quality and safety management systems with Q-Pulse, airlines can achieve a systematic approach to managing and Safety and Quality, and at the same time attain a holistic viewpoint of their QMS and SMS status in all areas and at all levels of the organisation.
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Get in touch with us today on +44 (0) 1355 593400 or at aviation@gaelquality.com to talk about how you can implement an integrated system for Safety & Quality management with Q-Pulse. |
