FOD
FOD ‘Foreign Object Debris’ or ‘Foreign Object Damage’ is debris,
a substance or article alien to a vehicle or system that has
potential to cause damage.
This terminology was born in aviation where FOD on an airfield or
in a hangar can have catastrophic consequences. However FOD
should be eliminated in any industry where important procedures
are taking place.
A simple way of limiting the potential for FOD within organisations is
to visually control tooling, instruments and components by the means
of VMT’s CICO system products.
This method uses visual impact to highlight when a condition is abnormal
i.e. all tools, instruments or components are not accounted for.
