- June 17, 2025
- Posted by: daniabasit
- Categories: Insights, Software
Introduction: What Is Process Safety Management Software?
Process Safety Management Software is the foundation of preventing catastrophic incidents such as fires, explosions, or toxic releases within high-risk industries. VAIL-AIPS® utilizes real-time monitoring, advanced analytics, and risk-based decision-making to prevent potential hazards in time. Moreover, Velosi’s Process Safety Management Software, VAIL-AIPS®, is systematically structured to lead long-term success and safety excellence.
We are all aware of the complexity within the industrial landscape, such as oil and gas, petrochemicals, and power generation. Safety is not just a regulation; it is a foundation for every industry. Process Safety Management Software (PSM software) provides a digital framework for identifying, managing, and mitigating hazards associated with industrial processes. Unlike traditional manual methods and workflows, advanced software solutions like VAIL-AIPS® streamline complex safety workflows, enhance regulatory compliance, and improve the overall decision-making process through real-time data insights.
Moreover, Velosi’s custom-built software solution is systematically structured to streamline safety protocols while maintaining compliance and improving risk visibility across everyday complex operations.
Why Process Safety Management Software Matters?
Efficient process safety management software not only helps prevent costly accidents and operational downtime but also leads to continuous workflow improvement and accountability. By centralizing safety information and automating critical processes, VAIL-AIPS® empowers organizations to maintain safe yet compliant operations.
Regulatory bodies such as OSHA, API, and ISO stress the importance of systematic approaches to managing process hazards. Manual systems are no longer sufficient to handle the scale, complexity, and urgency of today’s industrial environments.
Moreover, regulations like OSHA’s 29 CFR 1910.119 and industry standards such as CCPS guidelines set forth critical emphasis on effective PSM practices, which include hazard analysis, mechanical integrity, emergency planning, and employee training.
Process safety management software is essential to protect people, property, and the environment while ensuring industrial compliance. It allows companies to:
- Centralize and automate safety documentation
- Track and assess operational risks in real-time
- Ensure compliance with international safety standards
- Enable data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement
Introducing VAIL-AIPS®
Velosi, a global leader in integrity, safety, and risk management solutions, has developed VAIL-AIPS®—Asset Integrity Process Safety Software that empowers organizations to build a culture of safety and efficiency.
Unlike traditional platforms, VAIL-AIPS® is custom-built for high-risk industries, offering a comprehensive and modular approach to safety management.
VAIL-AIPS® leads heightened knowledge that individual asset integrity is the key to minimizing risk across any business’s system.
Key Features of VAIL-AIPS® Process Safety Management Software
- Health, Safety & Environment
VAIL-AIPS® is designed to prioritize health, safety, and environmental management by integrating critical safety features. It offers comprehensive reporting and documentation tools to capture safety performance and compliance metrics effectively. The dashboard provides an overview of incidents across various facilities, allowing users to identify and compare safety performance at each location easily.
Digitize and streamline the full HAZOP process—from planning and documentation to follow-ups and tracking of action items.
- HSE Performance Monitoring
- Health
It captures real-time data, historical performance trends, and compliance metrics, providing a comprehensive view of asset performance/ integrity.
- Safety
VAIL-AIPS® dashboard is custom-built to streamline management and reporting of environmental incidents, including spills, leaks, or uncontrolled releases/ accidental discharge.
- Environment
VAIL-AIPS® includes key features for effective monitoring and ensuring compliance.
- Environmental incident reporting
Provides automated workflows for event logging, investigation, and corrective action tracking, ensuring compliance with ISO 14001.
- Flare emission
This feature within the dashboard enables real-time flare monitoring, abnormal flaring detection, and root cause analysis to ensure environmental compliance.
- Water discharge monitoring
Continuously tracks water discharge with sampling integration, discharge mapping, audit reporting, and automated alerts.
- Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) Integration
VAIL-AIPS® connects inspection data with process risk assessments to ensure smarter inspection planning and resource allocation.
- Asset Integrity Process Safety Management Software
Supports a centralized reporting tool that displays key integrity parameters from various modules, such as corrosion rate, anomalies, risk, MTBF/MTTR, condition monitoring, and KPIs on a single screen.
- Permit to Work
VAIL AIPS is systematically structured to control high-risk activities through a comprehensive Permit to Work system.
Supported permit types include:
- Cold Work Permit
- Hot Work Permit
- Electrical Work Permit
- Confined Space Work Permit
- Radioactive Source Handling Permit
- Mobile Vehicle and Machine Entry Permit
- Excavation Work Permit
- Road Closure Permit
- Easement Work Permit
- Isolation Confirmation Certificate
- Permit to Work Review Checklist
- Job Hazard Analysis
VAIL-AIPS® integrates relevant tools to support hazard recognition and structured risk management. Overall, the system ensures your organization remains proactive, compliant, and operationally safe.
Key Features:
Provides a structured JSA framework to identify and mitigate hazards, track safety parameters, and ensure compliance through automated workflows.
- HAZID
VAIL-AIPS® automates HAZID through structured workflows for hazard reporting, categorization, and real-time risk management with detailed reports.
- JSA
This key feature within VAIL-AIPS® provides a structured JSA framework to identify and mitigate hazards, track safety parameters, and ensure compliance through automated workflows.
- Management of Change (MoC)
Tracks changes to equipment, procedures, or personnel with full audit trails to avoid unanticipated risks. VAIL-AIPS® supports structured and traceable change management processes to ensure that modifications to equipment, procedures, personnel, or operations are evaluated and approved before implementation. The MoC module helps maintain operational integrity, minimize risk, and ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
- Incident Reporting & Root Cause Analysis
Built-in workflows allow for immediate logging, investigation, and analysis of process incidents, with powerful analytics to drive improvements.
- Audit & Compliance Tracking
Ensure consistent compliance with global standards (e.g., OSHA 1910.119, API RP 754) using scheduled audits and automated reminders.
- Internal Audit
VAIL- AIPS facilitates a structured approach to internal auditing, ensuring that organizational processes comply with defined standards and continuous improvement is achieved. The system supports planning, scheduling, execution, and follow-up of audits with full traceability.
- Master Internal Audit Plan
This audit plan supports master audit planning by aligning the scope of work with risk, management of cycles, and integrating key audit elements across various assets.
- Internal Audit Schedule
Internal audit schedule sets forth streamlined audit scheduling with a risk-based approach, centralizing checklists, tracking, and ensuring timely execution and traceability.
Benefits of Using VAIL-AIPS® Process Safety Management Software
- Enhanced Safety Culture: Promotes proactive risk identification and mitigation.
- Regulatory Compliance: Built-in frameworks for meeting global safety and integrity standards.
- Real-Time Visibility: Dashboards and KPIs give leadership a clear view of process safety status.
- Improved Decision-Making: Data-driven insights drive smarter, faster operational decisions.
- Cost Optimization: Helps reduce unplanned downtime, penalties, and incident-related costs.
SARA In VAIL-AIPS®
SARA-AI voice assistant promotes advanced asset integrity through high-precision integration and a user-friendly experience. It supports streamlined workflows and structured management in VAIL-Plant.
Industries That Trust VAIL-AIPS®
VAIL-AIPS® is tailored to meet the demanding safety needs of sectors such as:
- Oil & Gas
- Petrochemicals
- Energy & Power
- Manufacturing
- Utilities
- Pharmaceuticals
Whether you are managing an offshore platform or a refining facility, Velosi’s process safety management software scales to fit your operational complexity.
Why Velosi?
With over 43+ years of global expertise, Velosi is trusted by industry leaders for its comprehensive approach to asset integrity and safety management. VAIL-AIPS® showcases the utmost dedication engineered by experts who understand the unique challenges of high-risk industries.
Conclusion: Invest in Safer, Smarter Operations
Process safety is not just a regulatory checkbox; it is a critical pillar of operational success. By implementing VAIL-AIPS®, organizations don’t just comply with industry standards; they prioritize operational excellence. When you choose Velosi’s process safety management software, you choose a future where safety and performance are interlinked.
Are you ready to transform the traditional safety management approach?
Contact us to schedule a free demo of VAIL-AIPS® and see how it can help your organization operate with confidence.
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