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If you and your team are responsible for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of quality and compliance in your organization, sooner or later you are likely to face a challenge—getting the support of executives and other departments in either establishing or expanding an electronic quality management system (EQMS).
Most executives cite the high cost of adopting technology as the main reason they reject plans to buy software or expand system usage. There are many reasons for interdepartmental resistance to system adoption, but the most common is the lack of understanding of the value of quality. This white paper is based on a MasterControl group discussion that explored the underlying factors behind executive and organizational opposition to an electronic quality system. The participants came from regulated companies that use MasterControl software. |
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It’s not enough to have your quality standards on paper. You have to implement and integrate them into your daily operations and prove to regulators that your standards and policies work. “Effective training should be a fundamental part of a company’s quality management strategy as it can help prevent many quality problems from ever occurring,” said Hunter.
In a regulated environment, training is a means to minimize (if not avoid) human error, a common cause of deviations and nonconformances. It’s no wonder that various standards and regulations, such as the following, require training as an integral part of the quality management system.
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If you and your team are responsible for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of quality and compliance in your organization, sooner or later you are likely to face a challenge—getting the support of executives and other departments in either establishing or expanding an electronic quality management system (EQMS).
Most executives cite the high cost of adopting technology as the main reason they reject plans to buy software or expand system usage. There are many reasons for interdepartmental resistance to system adoption, but the most common is the lack of understanding of the value of quality. This white paper is based on a MasterControl group discussion that explored the underlying factors behind executive and organizational opposition to an electronic quality system. The participants came from regulated companies that use MasterControl software. |
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It’s not enough to have your quality standards on paper. You have to implement and integrate them into your daily operations and prove to regulators that your standards and policies work. “Effective training should be a fundamental part of a company’s quality management strategy as it can help prevent many quality problems from ever occurring,” said Hunter.
In a regulated environment, training is a means to minimize (if not avoid) human error, a common cause of deviations and nonconformances. It’s no wonder that various standards and regulations, such as the following, require training as an integral part of the quality management system.
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