Identifying the product requirements and standards
Why:
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To ensure that safety functions are well defined
How:
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Writing the Safety Requirements Specifications (SRS)
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Writing the Safety Plan
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Ensuring compliance with the company procedure for Management of Functional Safety
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Primarily for Industrial Machinery, AGVs, AMRs, and Servo drives and controls
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Planning the FuSa process
Why:
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To ensure that the planning process and documentation comply with the standards
How:
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Creating the Document Plan
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Writing the Failure Avoidance Measures (FAM) Plan
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Writing the Verification and Validation (V&V) Plan
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Training the various teams on FuSa, and their responsibilities in the process
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Preparing the company for the Functional Safety Management audit
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Guiding product development, verification and validation
Why:
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To ensure that the realization process and documentation comply with the standards
How:
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Following the V-Model of product development
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Guiding the creation of the High-Level Design and System FMEA documents
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Ensuring requirements tracking across the process
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Creating the V&V test strategy
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Creating the detailed validation test plan (often in conjunction with the Certification Laboratory)
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Arranging witness testing where necessary​
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Interfacing with certification laboratories
Why:
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To ensure coordination with the certification lab
How:
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Advising on selection of the certification lab
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Ensuring that the price quotation from the lab matches the company requirements
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Verifying that the identified standards are correct
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Getting approval for the test strategy and test plan
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Test scheduling
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Reviewing test reports
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