Software for Quality Management

April 1997 / International Features / The Quality Factor / Software for Quality Management

Quality standards such as ISO-9000 force companies to better structure and control their business processes. A few software tools support this formal approach and help companies implement and operate an ISO-9000 scheme. Ruedlinger Engineering Systems' QualityMan and Gael Quality's Q-Pulse, for exam ple, are generic quality management tools for Windows. They work in all relevant industry sectors such as manufacturing, health care, and utilities.
QualityMan 4.1 Professional is a "do-it yourself" tool for implementing, managing, planning, and auditing ISO-9001, 9002, or 9003 quality systems. The package includes a sample quality system that auto matically adjusts to suit a user's business when based on company-specific information. Whereas QualityMan concentrates more on ISO-9000 implementation, Q-Pulse controls information work flow in existing quality schemes. It comprises a range of management-review facilities, identifies performance trends, and highlights problem areas.

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Q-Pulse controls ISO-9000 implementation in various industry sectors.

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