- by Iwan van Beurden, CFSE
- Monday, July 23, 2012
- Software
Analysis and Realization: Done. Let’s Start Operation… What’s Next?
Congratulations! You’ve completed the Analysis and Realization phases of the Safety Lifecycle, and are about to begin the Operation phase, but what’s next? Well obviously you need to do proof testing, but is there anything else? You may be familiar with the figure below:
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- by Dr. Steve Gandy, CFSP
- Saturday, February 14, 2026
- Functional Safety
Defeating the Swiss Cheese Model: Managing Random and Systematic Failures Across the SIS Lifecycle
How often have you been at conferences where the presenters refer to the “Swiss Cheese Model”? The intent of the model is to convey what happens to the protection layers in Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) when they are poorly designed, implemented and maintained. In this case, when any of…
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- by Sarah O'Brien
- Wednesday, October 15, 2025
- Software
Easy to Navigate – The Intuitive Data Structure of SILstat™
While using different safety system management platforms, it is essential to keep system and device data properly arranged between platforms to ensure efficient data management. This can be difficult, but not with SILstat™.
exida’s latest product launch, SILstat, is designed to provide users with a tool to…
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- by Sarah O'Brien
- Thursday, October 23, 2025
- Software
From exSILentia® to SILstat™ – A Seamless Transition
Looking for a way to manage and maintain your operation and maintenance data, but don’t know where to start? Are you already using exSILentia® for your safety lifecycle task needs?
If so, SILstat™ offers a simple way to transfer exSILentia project data and build your database. SILstat is exida’s…
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