Updates on Safety Management

The SALSA project is revolutionizing road safety by addressing the integration of automated vehicles into mixed traffic. Focusing on safety, user trust, and adaptive communication systems, SALSA develops standardized eHMI solutions and legal frameworks to ensure smooth and secure interactions between all road users. Supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, the project paves the way for the future of mobility.

Ensuring compliance with functional safety standards is crucial for industrial product manufacturers, but many struggle with common gaps during safety assessments. These challenges, including weak safety culture, incomplete Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and inadequate safety management, can delay product launches and increase risks. We explore recurring issues and provides actionable solutions to help OEMs and suppliers improve their processes, ensure compliance, and accelerate product certification for a smoother, safer launch.

This article explores the importance of fostering a comprehensive and proactive safety culture within organizations.

How can we tackle current challenges of safety management? Our safety expert shares his insights on safety in product development and how safety can be implemented efficiently.

Learn how ISO/PAS 8926:2024 addresses the rising complexity of modern vehicles, offering a framework for ensuring functional safety amidst the integration of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving tech. In this interview our experts unpack the standard's significance, scope, and its role in navigating safety challenges in automotive software architecture.

The blog article outlines the challenge of completing a new product development while facing the impending hurdle of a functional safety audit. It highlights the stress safety managers face in ensuring compliance with industry standards like IEC 61508, ISO 26262, or EN 50126. To assist in navigating this process, it provides guidance on passing functional safety audits, focusing on preparation, execution, and completion phases.

In the following interview with Niklas Franzke, safety expert at INVENSITY, we want to find out why customers in the railway industry request Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) data, what this data contains and how it is created and provided by suppliers.

The increasing complexity of railroad development due to automation brings higher demands for functional safety, mandated by legislators and rail operators. Compliance with standards like EN 50126, 50128, and 50129 is crucial, posing challenges for OEMs and suppliers. A safety assessment, either in-house or outsourced, is essential to ensure compliance. INVENSITY offers a two-week assessment service, providing clients with a gap list and an action plan to meet safety standards.

In the rapidly evolving landscape of automated driving, ISO standards stand as pillars of road safety. From ensuring secure communications to delineating test scenarios and ethical considerations, these standards play a vital role in fostering safer transportation networks in an increasingly automated world.

ISO 8800 is soon to be released – it will play an important role when it comes to the question of how to ensure that AI-powered road vehicles operate safely and reliably. In this interview, Sascha Hackmann, our Head of Automated Driving, investigates the significance of AI technology in automotive industry and the crucial questions concerning the intersection of AI and the safety of road vehicles.

Our head of CoE Safety Management, Sascha Hackmann, is not only an expert in his profession, but he also is a trainer of our INVENSTIY Academy for the training ‘Emotional Intelligence’. In his blog post, he shares some valuable insights on what we are meaning when asking for emotional intelligence as a highly appreciated soft skill.

Each automotive development brings its own set of complexities and dangers. In this blog post, James Garrett, Safety Management Consultant at INVENSITY, talks about what is necessary to overcome these challenges and fully realize these groundbreaking technologies. In short – Safety culture!