Among other findings, the report highlights that “disparate, disconnected quality applications do not let companies manage quality so much as merely collect information about quality, which has led to the evolution of QMS”
This report also states that multiple quality tools and applications pose a problem and duplication of functionality and the consequent inefficiencies are becoming unacceptable in today's economic climate.
The report can be accessed from MetricStream's website at
http://www.metricstream.com/pressNews/analyst_reports/gartner_qms_09.htm
As companies grow organically as well as inorganically, they tend to accumulate multiple applications supporting their quality programs. These legacy systems and point-solutions are typically designed with limited functional scope for departmental usage and do not offer the flexibility and scalability for enterprise-level usage.
The report analyzes these scenarios and focuses on critical aspects of quality management including risk management and regulatory compliance. It provides guidance to making architectural decisions to meet quality management needs in the medium and long term based on business and IT environment.
“Our success with enterprise-wide quality management solution implementations at large manufacturing establishments has demonstrated that an integrated approach to quality, compliance and risk delivers a rich set of benefits and improves business performance,” said Carl McCauley, Vice President of Sales at MetricStream. “The growing mix of complex products, a global supplier base and stringent regulatory requirements has created a need for organizations to deploy a well-architected QMS platform that provides real-time visibility via a global common repository ensures closed loop processes and supports efficient workflows for routing of information.
“The need to manage issues originating from various points in the value chain - defects reported by customers, material nonconformance during manufacturing processes, quality issues in the supply chain - has further increased the need have an integrated QMS solution,” he added.
About MetricStream
MetricStream is a market leader in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Solutions for global corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations such as Pfizer, Philips, NASDAQ, UBS, SanDisk, BP, Subway, Fairchild Semiconductor, Hitachi and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf in diverse industries such as Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Automotive, Food, High Tech Manufacturing, Energy and Financial Services to manage their quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as by over a million compliance professionals worldwide via the www.ComplianceOnline.com portal. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and can be reached at www.metricstream.com.
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