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Quality management software designed with agility in mind

We believe that QMS software should adapt to you—not the other way around.

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Quality Management Software Trusted by the strongest organizations

Not your typical QMS software

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40 easy-to-use applications

A streamlined user experience for all quality processes across the product lifecycle

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An agile platform

A mighty engine with the agility to adapt to your business, now and in the future

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Cloud-native
SaaS

The security, flexibility and IT management power only available in a leading-edge cloud solution

Most popular
applications:

Document Control

Audit Management

Corrective & Preventive Action (CAPA)

Nonconformance Management

21 CFR Part 11

PPAP (Production Part Approval Process)

Supply Chain Quality

Document Control

Quality is having all your docs in a row

  • Collaborative Cloud-based document control.
  • Create, distribute and archive all controlled documents in a single location—anytime, anywhere.
  • Define workflow for procedures and processes—draft, review, approve and make controlled changes.
  • Integrate with other ETQ Reliance® apps—for an overall view of your entire quality assurance process

Audit Management

Let the system deal with audit-related stress

  • Effective and automated— all components of your audit management system in a single location
  • Always audit-ready thanks to complete visibility and control over audit processes, and local and remote access to information
  • Streamlined phases for audit scheduling, assigning, executing and reporting
  • Integrate with other ETQ Reliance QMS software apps—for an overall view of your entire quality assurance process

Corrective & preventive action (CAPA)

Glitches happen. Make sure they don’t happen again.

  • Quickly and automatically address adverse events
  • Improve accountability and visibility
  • Prioritize, filter, track and execute both internal corrective actions and those involving external suppliers (SCAR).
  • Integrate with other ETQ Reliance apps—for an overall view of your entire quality management process

Nonconformance Management

Quality builds brands

  • Manage and track all nonconformities
  • Enforce review and approval workflows
  • Keep track of any deviations from start to completion
  • Integrate customer feedback into nonconformance handling processes
  • Integrate with other ETQ Reliance apps—for an overall view of your entire quality management process
  • Integrates with 3rd party systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle)

21 CFR Part 11

Comply with 21 CFR Part 11 requirements including e-signature

  • Capture users’ electronic signatures for each step in the compliance management process
  • Securely bind the authenticated user’s electronic signature automatically
  • Ensure that the user has signed onto the system and exposed their signature via the forced authentication process

PPAP (Production Part Approval Process)

Build trust in suppliers—quality hinges on it

  • Get on the same page—clearly define customer requirements and supplier specifications
  • Effectively manage the approval process for changes to products and processes
  • Enhance your supplier relationship —improve communication and product quality —and increase confidence in the supplier’s management systems.
  • Integrate with 3rd party systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle)

Supply Chain Quality

See, solve and strengthen quality across your supply chain.

  • Suppliers are crucial to your business success. Make them accountable partners in your business processes by automating control and visibility over your supply chain.
  • Minimize risks from the high cost of poor supplier quality
  • Monitor supplier compliance
  • Track supplier goods in real-time
  • Manage nonconformances, delayed delivery
  • Collect supplier rating information
Document Control

Document Control

Quality is having all your docs in a row

  • Collaborative Cloud-based document control.
  • Create, distribute and archive all controlled documents in a single location—anytime, anywhere.
  • Define workflow for procedures and processes—draft, review, approve and make controlled changes.
  • Integrate with other ETQ Reliance® apps—for an overall view of your entire quality assurance process
Audit Management

Audit Management

Let the system deal with audit-related stress

  • Effective and automated— all components of your audit management system in a single location
  • Always audit-ready thanks to complete visibility and control over audit processes, and local and remote access to information
  • Streamlined phases for audit scheduling, assigning, executing and reporting
  • Integrate with other ETQ Reliance QMS software apps—for an overall view of your entire quality assurance process
Corrective & Preventive Action (CAPA)

Corrective & preventive action (CAPA)

Glitches happen. Make sure they don’t happen again.

  • Quickly and automatically address adverse events
  • Improve accountability and visibility
  • Prioritize, filter, track and execute both internal corrective actions and those involving external suppliers (SCAR).
  • Integrate with other ETQ Reliance apps—for an overall view of your entire quality management process
Nonconformance Management

Nonconformance Management

Quality builds brands

  • Manage and track all nonconformities
  • Enforce review and approval workflows
  • Keep track of any deviations from start to completion
  • Integrate customer feedback into nonconformance handling processes
  • Integrate with other ETQ Reliance apps—for an overall view of your entire quality management process
  • Integrates with 3rd party systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle)
21 CFR Part 11

21 CFR Part 11

Comply with 21 CFR Part 11 requirements including e-signature

  • Capture users’ electronic signatures for each step in the compliance management process
  • Securely bind the authenticated user’s electronic signature automatically
  • Ensure that the user has signed onto the system and exposed their signature via the forced authentication process
PPAP (Production Part Approval Process)

PPAP (Production Part Approval Process)

Build trust in suppliers—quality hinges on it

  • Get on the same page—clearly define customer requirements and supplier specifications
  • Effectively manage the approval process for changes to products and processes
  • Enhance your supplier relationship —improve communication and product quality —and increase confidence in the supplier’s management systems.
  • Integrate with 3rd party systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle)
Supply Chain Quality

Supply Chain Quality

See, solve and strengthen quality across your supply chain.

  • Suppliers are crucial to your business success. Make them accountable partners in your business processes by automating control and visibility over your supply chain.
  • Minimize risks from the high cost of poor supplier quality
  • Monitor supplier compliance
  • Track supplier goods in real-time
  • Manage nonconformances, delayed delivery
  • Collect supplier rating information

ETQ Reliance cloud-based quality management system

42 ready-to-use applications, 1 agile platform, cloud-native SaaS, use out-of-the-box or configure with built-in low-code/no-code tools

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Codeless Adaptability

See the QMS solution everyone is talking about

The most agile, comprehensive, intuitive QMS software

Why ETQ Reliance is the most agile,
cloud-based quality management system available

 

Connectivity

Linking & data inheritance ensures common data across all applications for total quality management.

Integration

Industry standard & advanced integration options provide bi-directional data exchange.

External Collaboration

Internal and external parties seamlessly and securely contribute to common workflows.

Contextual Awareness

Location, role, and product-based filtering and security deliver the right information to specific users.

Adaptability

Unlimited flexibility to modify or create new applications with drag-and-drop ease using a codeless design tool & powerful scripting.

Anywhere Access

Take quality management into the field, use on any device. Take advantage of taking pictures, recording voice memos or video, geo-location and working offline in remote locations with the mobile app.

What our software QMS customers say:

Since adopting Reliance, Polaris has seen a significant increase in QMS user participation. Also, key KPIs are improving —a 50% reduction in CAPA resolution time and a 40% reduction in document revision time.

J.D. Pickett
Manager of quality and operational excellence, POLARIS
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Quality Management Software FAQ

 

What is QMS software?

QMS software digitizes the functions of a more traditional quality management solution based on pen-and-ink records. QMS software (also known as eQMS) has nearly unlimited storage capacity, speed, and responsiveness. This makes it easier and more effective to promote quality within an organization.

What does QMS software do?

QMS software is designed to: 

  • Promote quality
  • Increase productivity
  • Improve regulatory compliance
  • Improve worker safety

What are the most popular QMS software applications?

You can use quality assurance software for various applications, including: 

  • Document control and documents management
  • Audit management 
  • Environmental health and safety 
  • Nonconformance management 
  • Supplier quality management 
  • Training management
  • And more 

Nearly every industrial or manufacturing organization needs these applications to some extent.

Can using quality assurance software improve our KPIs?

Yes, quality assurance software tracks progress towards meeting critical quality benchmarks, and tracking is the first step toward continuous improvement. Tracking quality throughout the organization also allows you to pinpoint areas where you’re coming up short. This gives you the opportunity to iron out production challenges, minimize risk, and create better products, faster.

Can I integrate quality management system software with other enterprise applications?

Yes, quality management system software integrates with applications such as CRM, ERP, PLM, MES, SPC and more. APIs allow you to build integrations in areas where they don’t already exist.

How can my external teams collaborate using QMS software?

Many quality management systems include built-in identity and access management systems. These tools  allow external teams—such as vendors and suppliers—as much controlled access as is required. That makes it easy to securely share your requirements with other organizations.

Can I create an audit trail using QMS software?

QMS software creates audit trails using its built-in audit management and document control applications. The application sorts and tags data related to various processes and products automatically. When those quality processes undergo an audit, you’ll be able to retrieve the preexisting audit trail automatically, saving hours or days of effort.

Can I automate processes using software QMS?

With the right software for quality management, you’ll be able to automate many of your existing quality assurance processes. For example, you’ll be able to: 

  • Perform automated analytics on your production queueAutomatically initiate an audit in the event of a nonconformance,
  • Automatically assemble and fill out paperwork to create a change request
  • And more

What is the best QMS software?

We’re biased towards ETQ Reliance NXG, our flagship cloud-based quality management system. Features are designed to improve visibility, usability, flexibility, and quality scalability across the entire workforce. With advanced automation, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and a secure online platform, you’ll enjoy a future-proof application suite that helps you elevate every dimension of quality.