What is QAD EQMS (Enterprise Quality Management System)?
QAD EQMS is an enterprise quality solution that provides visibility into manufacturing and quality related issues across the enterprise. It facilitates a preventative approach to drive a reduced cost of quality, improved manufacturing throughput, improved customer satisfaction and higher manufacturing margins. QAD EQMS addresses the breadth of the value chain of suppliers and internal manufacturing to optimize quality performance by bringing suppliers into the EQMS to actively collaborate during all phases of the product.
Goals of the solution are:
To improve customer satisfaction by increasing the number of quality products delivered in full and on time
To improve margins/EBITDA by reducing internal failure costs, preventive quality costs, shipments impacted by quality and recalls
To enhance supplier performance by ensuring conformance to best practices for supplier quality, delivery and continuous improvement and by increasing visibility
To improve collaboration within the organization and across the supply chain, providing a single source of quality information
To reduce waste due to fewer defects and overproduction, and less waiting, non-utilized talent, transportation, inventory, motion and extra processing
To close training gaps that arise due to retirements, absenteeism and high turnover
To manage and mitigate risk with a closed-loop, integrated system to move your organization from a reactive, costly business model to a culture of prevention
QAD EQMS helps manufacturers manage quality from end-to-end and enables global enterprises to optimize manufacturing performance, comply with industry-specific quality standards and facilitate risk management analysis. It ensures suppliers comply with quality standards, tracks corrective actions and supports continuous quality improvement. Key capabilities include:
Document Control ensures work is done with the latest revisions. Electronic document routings and approvals keep the process moving and ensure information is available to everyone at the right time.
Training Management helps ensure training needs are identified and addressed, even as changes occur in the organization. It includes training tracking capabilities that meet requirements such as ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 13485, HACCP, 21 CFR (QSR) Part 820 and others.
Audit/LPA (Layered Process Audits) simplifies the entire audit process with a closed-loop system to address product, process and system audits, plus manage any findings or non-conformities.
NCR/CAPA (Non-conformance and Corrective Action) capabilities ensure that a company’s dedication to problem resolution has support for these critical functions.
Gauge Management monitors gauges with a complete calibration and Measurement System Analysis (MSA) tool kit and ties gauges to inspections and corrective action.
PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) ensures that a product received or shipped meets the stated customer requirements. It is also a key part of many certification standards, including IATF 16949. The QAD EQMS system is integrated to APQP and other key processes.
Design Control/APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) is an essential part of automotive industry standards and the commercialization of medical devices. By taking the time to design for quality and manufacturability, product and service quality improves, and costs are minimized for the life of the product. QAD EQMS provides capabilities to ensure product introductions happen on time and products meet design goals.
Inspection and SPC (Statistical Process Control) captures process information in a central repository to enable rapid evaluation of the data. The output can be presented in SPC charts to spur course corrections.
Supplier Quality Management includes supplier performance management that helps ensure conformance to best practices, and supports the planning, execution and documentation of supplier audits.
Complaint Management provides a system integrated to CAPA to record complaints but also to ensure the situation is resolved.
Adverse Events capabilities ensures a company’s dedication to adverse events tracking and problem resolution.
Continuous Improvement incorporates continuous improvement suggestions, projects, lessons learned, issue management and meetings into a centralized system to manage this crucial process.
Risk Management helps prepare risk assessments to identify issues, define the likelihood and consequences, document current controls, and develop treatments to mitigate risk to organizations. It supports the prioritization of risks, ensures mitigation plans are in place and maintains a risk register in a single repository.
Integrations Besides standard integration with QAD ERP nearly 30 standard, common integrations with other ERPs and it integrates with other systems using no-code/low-code SOAP or REST protocols/APIs.
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| Deployment Types | SaaS |
|---|---|
| Mobile Application | No |