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Maintenance Error Management System
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MEMS
Definition
A generic term for a system in which the investigation of maintenance errors is carried out within the organisational context in which they have occurred which takes full account of the concept of a Just Culture.
An effective MEMS is usually a requirement for an MRO to achieve a Part 145 or equivalent NAA Regulatory approval. The MEDA system developed by Boeing was the first widespread version of a MEMS and remains popular and widely imitated. Following the original MEDA initiative, the UK CAA has been especially active in this area and the description MEMS is also used by that agency as a specific description of its own system.
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Further Reading
- UK CAA CAP 562 Leaflet 11-50 Maintenance Error Management Systems
- Appendix ‘L’ in UK CAA CAP 716 contains a description of the use of the Maintenance Section of the UK National ‘Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme (CHIRP) to collate and share dis-identified maintenance error data: