Continuous Improvement in Quality Management

Sustaining continuous improvement in quality management means never being satisfied with the status quo. Read on to find out how MasterControl’s Quality Excellence can support your efforts for continuous improvement in manufacturing.

Ongoing enhancements to quality processes are critical to long-term success. Minimizing errors, duplicated efforts, setbacks, product waste, and recalls is essential for ongoing continuous improvement in quality management.

A digitized QMS, like MasterControl’s Quality Excellence, makes continuous improvement in quality management easy and seamless by automating all of your quality processes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is continuous improvement in quality management crucial for life science manufacturers?

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Continuous improvement in quality management is necessary with life sciences products because these products directly impact public health. Setbacks due to quality issues prevent patients from getting the treatments they need.

How can a digital QMS help us achieve continuous improvement in our manufacturing processes?

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A digital QMS fosters continuous improvement in quality management by closing quality gaps and automating all quality tasks (i.e., documents, training, risks, compliance, etc.) across the value chain.

What are the regulatory requirements and standards that life sciences manufacturers need to consider when implementing continuous improvement initiatives?

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Life sciences companies that market products in the United States must adhere to the quality system regulation (QSR), which requires organizations to establish a policy, objectives, and a commitment to quality. Because regulatory requirements keep evolving, companies must engage in continuous improvement in quality management to ensure ongoing compliance.

How can we measure the effectiveness of our continuous improvement efforts in quality management?

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The effectiveness of continuous improvement in quality management can be measured using key performance indicators (KPIs). The metrics can be quantitative (i.e., reduction in errors, deviations, and corrective action/preventive action (CAPA)) or qualitative (i.e., increases in customer satisfaction).

Quality Management System Resources

Learn more about continuous improvement in quality management with these resources.

Research Report: The State of Digital Quality Maturity in Pharma and Medtech
Ultimate Guide: The Ultimate Guide to Pharmaceutical Quality Management Ultimate Guide: The Ultimate Guide to Medical Device Quality Management
White Paper: 6 Must-Haves for a Quality Management System (QMS) White Paper: Most Common Reasons for FDA Form 483 Observations and Warning Letters in Medical Device Environments

Benefits of Continuous Improvement in Quality Management

Continuous improvement promotes innovation, creativity, resilience to changes, and better alignment and collaboration across business units.

Fosters a culture of quality.

A closed-loop quality management (eQMS) system enables your company to make the shift from reactive to proactive quality management. Holistic connectivity gives you access to more data in real time, which can vastly improve your decision-making, simplify compliance-related activities, and give you greater access to actionable insights.
Defines your organization’s desired future state.

Identify the pain points you want to resolve. For example, tracking paper documents and ensuring only the current ones are in use is time-consuming and prone to errors. Using a digital QMS to automate document management and traceability, you can more clearly define your organization’s desired future state.
Cultivates innovation.

Fully integrating your processes and systems frees up stakeholders for more value-added and innovation-oriented projects, which helps expand your business.
Improves key quality performance areas.

MasterControl’s Quality Excellence software improves processes in critical areas of your supply chain, including document control, training management compliance, and corrective action/preventive action (CAPA) effectiveness. It also mitigates human errors, which account for 80% of production issues and delays.
Measure and improve your continuous improvement in manufacturing efforts.

It’s helpful to continually collect and analyze data and feedback from various sources, such as customers, suppliers, and employees. This helps you identify processes or areas that can be improved. MasterControl’s Quality Excellence enables you to access, analyze, and apply actionable insights from data.