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Understanding Document Management vs Document Control

For some companies simply managing their documentation is enough to support their business goals. But others n...

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Why not use MasterControl as your Med Tech eQMS?

MasterControl is an eQMS system that supports the quality management of complex and highly regulated life scie...

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10 Steps for Seamless EQMS Data Migration

Transferring data to a new electronic Quality Management System (eQMS) can seem like a daunting prospect. Here...

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Mastering Non-Conformance Reports: A Guide for Quality Management

How do you log and deal with non-conformities so that faulty products don't end up in the hands of customers? ...

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The Vital Role of ALCOA Principles in Data Integrity for Life Sciences

Data integrity is central to the safe development and manufacturing of every life-science product on the marke...

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Navigating ISO 13485: 8 Key Clauses for Medical Device QMS Excellence

Navigating the complexities of ISO 13485:2016 can seem daunting, but understanding its requirements is crucial...

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Moving from Paper to Digital: Overcoming QMS Challenges

The case for ditching paper based QMS (Quality Management Systems) can seem like a no-brainer. But faced with ...

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Understanding ICH Q10 Pharmaceutical Quality System Guidelines

In 2008, the ICH Q10 Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS) guidelines introduced a comprehensive model for an ef...

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Comparing eQMS Solutions: Qualio Vs Cognidox

Cognidox and Qualio are both digital quality management systems (QMS) with a focus on the life science and med...

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Design verification and design validation for medical device developers

In medical device development, two critical stages of the design process are often confused: design verificati...

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MDSAP 101: An Introduction to the Medical Device Single Audit Programme

What if you could gain approval to sell your medical devices anywhere in the world, by completing a single, re...

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What’s the Cost of Quality? Can it really be free?

What’s the cost of quality? Can it, like QM guru Philip Crosby argued, really be free? Like most things in bus...

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8 Tips for Effective SOP Documentation

There are many reasons why organisations need to document their SOPs. From ensuring uniformity in end products...

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Quality Management Maturity Grid: A Roadmap to Excellence

Of all the quality management ‘gurus’, the late Philip Crosby is one of the most readable. In his book ‘Qualit...

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Why not use Microsoft software to build your own digital QMS?

SMEs creating a digital Quality Management System (QMS) will often reach for the most familiar tools to build ...

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The Importance of Equipment Calibration in ISO 13485 and ISO 9001

Monitoring and measuring quality of products and services is a key part of any QMS. But how can you be sure th...

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4 Steps to Effective Supplier Quality Management

How do you transform regular supplier reviews from a box-ticking exercise into a genuinely useful commercial a...

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Understanding the Differences: ISO 9001 vs ISO 13485

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for quality management used in many sectors from construct...

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Understanding QMS, eQMS, and eDMS for Quality Management Success

There are different ways companies can build required quality management systems, from using traditional paper...

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The Evolution of Quality Management Systems: A Path to Business Growth

A focus on a quality management system shouldn’t just mean a ‘box ticking’ exercise for an organisation. And i...

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Is Qualio the Right Choice for Your Medical Device eQMS?

Qualio is an eQMS platform launched in 2012 by Irish entrepreneur Robert Fenton. From small beginnings, his co...

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How a QMS supports medical device risk management in ISO 13485

A QMS should ultimately help guard against customer harm or dissatisfaction, by guarding against the risk of f...

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Building an ISO 13485 Compliant QMS: 4 Effective Strategies

Are you looking for ways to build and maintain the most efficient, ISO 13485 compliant QMS as your company con...

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Is Dropbox Suitable for Your Medical Device QMS?

DropBox is a file sharing platform familiar to millions throughout the world. Once a personal file storage and...

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11 Essential Features of Medical Device Document Control Software

Inflexible SOPs, complicated interfaces, training and maintenance requirements. Traditional document control s...

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The Cost of Chaos in Document Management: A Financial Wake-Up Call

Chaotic document management is wasting the time and energy of businesses around the world every year. But in s...

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Is Google Drive Suitable for Your Medical Device QMS?

A Quality Management System is a requirement for medical device developers across the globe. But should you bu...

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Mastering ISO 9001:2015 Quality Principles - A Guide to Implementation

ISO 9001:2015 and its related quality standards are all based on the ‘Seven Quality Management Principles’ def...

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The Importance of a Quality Strategy for Your Company

I believe that a quality strategy is a vital element to the success of a business. Quality of product and oper...

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Ensuring Quality in Pharma Distribution: The Importance of GDP

Managing the quality of medical products as they are stored and distributed brings with it many challenges. Di...

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Quality Management in the CBD Industry: GMP and GdocP Explained

Around the world different rules apply for the cultivation, manufacture and sale of cannabis and CBD products....

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Understanding Organisational Knowledge in ISO 9001:2015

One of the areas included in the ISO 9001 :2015 is 7.1.6 Organizational knowledge. The stated requirement is: ...

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Quality Management: Balancing Compliance and Kaizen

Companies working in heavily regulated sectors might have been historically slow to change and optimise their ...

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Navigating the Challenges of Med-Tech Quality Management

Time and costs can soon rack up in a med tech device design and development cycle. But those who have installe...

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Building an Effective QMS Your Team Will Love

One of the main challenges of implementing a Quality Management System (QMS) is ensuring it is actually used f...

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Collaboration for Quality: The Key to Better QA in Product Development

It’s a cliche that good collaboration and teamwork maximises productivity. But in the high tech product develo...

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Unlocking the Value of ISO Certification Beyond Compliance

Is ISO certification the only reward you’ll receive for jumping through all those QMS hoops? And is it really ...

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4 Steps to ISO9001 Compliance

4 steps to getting ISO9001 ready Achieving ISO9001 compliance can appear daunting, but while it requires a sig...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes -Part XII

There are twelve posts in this series. To read Part XI, please click here. This is the final part in our serie...

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Optimising Quality Management Principles with a Graphical QMS

When gaining a quality badge is the primary objective, there is a temptation to just think about meeting the m...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part XI

There are twelve posts in this series. To read Part X, please click here. If you have been reading this blog r...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part X

There are twelve posts in this series. To read Part IX, please click here. In this and the following two posts...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part IX

How to apply Risk-based Thinking to Quality Processes - a Summary There are twelve posts in this series. To re...

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Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part VIII

RISK MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT Steps 4-6 in the method There are twelve posts in this seri...

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Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part VII

There are twelve posts in this series. To read Part VI, please click here. Steps 1-3 in the method If you have...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part VI

There are twelve posts in this series. To read Part V, please click here. Risk based thinking is the new 'prev...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part V

SO 31000 Risk management techniques - continued Attributes of a selection of risk assessment tools There are t...

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Uncovering the Pitfalls of Business Process Visualisation

Most Quality Control and Quality Assurance methods are concerned with business process mapping as a way of und...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part IV

ISO 31000 Risk management techniques - continued There are twelve posts in this series. To read Part III, plea...

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Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part III

ISO 31000 Risk management techniques Attributes of a selection of risk assessment tools If you haven't yet rea...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part II

ISO 31000 Risk management techniques: A selection of risk assessment tools you might like to consider Part 1 i...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part I

Why taking a risk-based approach is a requirement of ISO 9001 Risk-based thinking is a sore point among many Q...

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The Key to Efficient Audits: Graphical QMS and documented information

A gQMS will help with internal and external auditing requirements - leading to ISO certification in less time ...

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Maximising Value from Documented Information in Your QMS

Documented information in a Quality Management System (QMS) - and why it's time for a radical overhaul of how ...

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Impact of ISO 9001:2015: What You Need to Know (Part III)

What 'documented information' is required by ISO 9001:2015? There are twelve posts in this series. To read Par...

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