A successful quality management system (QMS) relies on controlled procedures to prevent failures and protect supply chains and consumers. Key components for building an effective QMS include statistical tools, systems validation, and flexibility to adapt to changes while fostering employee ownership through involvement in processes. Collaboration across various sectors is essential for successful implementation and integration of the QMS in a business.

1. Quality management system

2. A successful QMS consists of written and controlled procedures.
These procedures are the basis for auditable events performed by
either external or internal audit teams. An effective QMS will identify
key process steps and prevent most failures before they occur. It will
protect your supply chain, your brand, and most importantly, your
consumers. This is something that is understood and widely
accepted among organizations that adopt strict Quality
Management policies.

3. Steps involved in creating a solid QMS

4. Statistical tools and control plans.
Failure modes and effects analysis of quality standards for the
specific industry.
Systems validation protocols.
Current good practices.

5. Effective QMS

6. Putting all of these steps to work, and having them work properly together, is
the most effective way to achieve the best results. The secret to any and all
quality/process improvement efforts is employee ownership. Employees must
believe in the change process and have ownership in the process being
changed. For an employee to believe in the change and effectively use the
system, this ownership must come from the top and trickle down. To create this
ownership, it has become evident to many a quality professional that
partnering with the Lean and Six Sigma initiatives, as opposed to trying to
“own” them, can produce significant results.

7. To create a streamlined and efficient quality management system,
flexibility is needed to adapt to dynamic changes in products and markets.
A successful QMS, designed with flexible workflow and routing capabilities,
is well suited for this purpose. In addition, the ability to coordinate and
collaborate across multiple areas and external resources is key to
successful change implementation. It must be a system that can be used
across the board and be fully integrated into a business.

8. If you are interested in learning more about how our
platform stacks up against a consensus of industry-standard
QMS software, take a look at our website perfeqta.io, or the
comparison chart we just posted on our PERFEQTA LinkedIn
page.