Quality management systems (QMS) in manufacturingevolved from medieval craftsmanship throughpost-industrial mass inspections to the sophisticated, data-driven frameworks used today.

Quality leaders spend years building their quality programs, designing workflows, training teams and earning organizational buy-in. Then they discover that a meaningful portion of what they built doesn't belong to them.

The question for every executive is whether your quality infrastructure is designed for it or for a more forgiving era that no longer exists.

Many manufacturers still rely on paper-based quality processes, even as digital transformation efforts struggle to deliver results. 

Eventually, a problem will surface with every manufacturing process — suboptimal material, equipment failure, even nonconforming parts. In some cases, the fix is a simple correction to solve the immediate problem.

Every root cause analysis (RCA) your organization completes represents a potential cost-saving and revenue-generating opportunity.

Supply chain failure is considered a top threat to life science companies, second only to intellectual property theft. Despite the risks, the market for contract manufacturers continues to grow at a rapid pace. 

Optimizing your supply chain management can help your organization to achieve higher cost efficiency by improving product production and distribution. This article outlines how a cloud-based quality management system (QMS) can help.