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within an organisation, which must therefore be given special attention. It has also proved good practice to define the responsibilities of the individual parties clearly and early on in the quotation phase. This is because functional safety is not solely the responsibility of the component or system supplier alone, but also that of the future owner of these systems.


LIFE CYCLE APPROACH


Growing digitalisation and automation across all areas of life and industry not only increases the significance of functional safety, it also offers economic opportunities. Safe product design, early prevention of conformity-related problems, fewer product recalls, and shorter time to market are just some examples. Manufacturers and owners can therefore exploit these opportunities by establishing a systematic process focus. This should include consideration of the entire system life cycle, at an early stage - ideally in the development phase.


To mitigate against systematic faults, the effectiveness of safety measures must also be fully verified. This will confirm the robustness of components, as well as the complete life cycle, and the development process must also be considered during such an assessment. A holistic approach to functional safety is therefore required, which requires expertise in various application fields across all project phases, from design and development to manufacturing and installation, testing, certification, placing into service, and decommissioning. Given this complexity, testing and certification organisations need to provide holistic services, which offer system owners and manufacturers one-stop multi-disciplinary support.


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