Quality Audit Management Software Key Factors

MasterControl Audit?software, an integrated part of the MasterControl quality management suite, automates and manages the audit process in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Here are some of its robust features that ensure your quality system is always Compliant, Connected, and Complete:

Compliant.

Sustained Compliance: MasterControl not only helps automotive manufacturers and their suppliers attain compliance to ISO / TS 16949 quality standards, but helps sustain it by optimizing quality processes and keeping the quality system always ready for both performance and compliance audits.

• Increased Efficiency Through Automation: MasterControl automates all tasks pertaining to the audit process, including notification, follow-up, and escalation of overdue assignments. Automation helps simplify the compliance environment, making it easier to stay compliant.

• Best-Practice Electronic Forms: MasterControl provides two important forms to collect and track data throughout the audit process. Additional forms can be configured based on the company's unique needs.

• Centralized Repository: All audit-related documents will be stored in a secure, centralized repository, making it easy to search and retrieve them during an ISO or customer audit.

• Analytics and Reporting: MasterControl's advanced analytics and reporting capability increases management oversight. It provides the ability to dynamically capture, trend, and link data needed to solve problems and improve processes. Reports include audit summary, audit detail, findings by root cause, audits by standards, audits by auditor, and open findings.

• Revision Control: MasterControl Audit provides automatic revision control to ensure that only current version of a document is available.

• Advanced Scheduling: All recurring tasks related to an audit can be scheduled in advance so they will not be overlooked. This capability eliminates the need to remember to launch tasks manually.

Connected.

Integrated Quality Management: MasterControl connects the audit process with other quality processes for a holistic approach to quality management.

• Integrated Process: MasterControl streamlines the audit process by integrating the different steps (preparation, scheduling, execution, findings, verification, and completion).

• Easy Access: MasterControl is Web-based so it can connect employees, suppliers, contractors, and others involved in the audit process regardless of location.

• Form-to-Form Launching: A corrective and preventive action (CAPA) form can be launched directly from another form, such as an Audit Finding form. Pertinent information from the Audit Finding form will be automatically entered into the CAPA form, reducing data entry. It also shows the history of the entire process. Links are maintained so users can review a completed process and see what triggered the CAPA.

• Dependent Routing: Completion of a task can be made dependent on another task to give managers more control of the workflow and reduce cycle time by prompting users immediately to their next task. An innovative dependency tree illustrates relationships between dependent processes.

Complete.

Enterprise-wide Product Application: MasterControl Audit can handle every department's forms - and documents-based processes, making it an ideal enterprise-wide solution.

• Integrates with Other Applications: MasterControl can integrate with other applications like ERP, LIMS, accounting, and human resources applications to accommodate departmental needs.

• Easy to Search: A standardized Google-like search window is available throughout the application, which means all authorized users throughout the organization can search and retrieve change control-related tasks and documents.

• Easy to Find: MasterControl's Organizer, similar to Windows Explorer, is an easy-to-use tool that helps users find and access documents quickly. Every department can maintain its own Organizers and documents can be stored in multiple Organizers. System administrators can control and automatically update the documents through a dynamic link in the InfoCard.

• Automation of Forms-Based Processes: Any forms-based process unique to a department (i.e., application forms for HR, customer satisfaction survey forms for Customer Service Department) can be automated. A department can keep the look and function of existing forms or create entirely new ones.