Managing an Effective Quality System - 4 Hour Class
Overview:
Quality Systems (QS) are sometimes viewed as a necessary evil or as belonging only to production and QA personnel. However, an effective QS can help a business not only comply, but excel. This course focuses on how to create, implement, and improve a QS that matches your company. Both FDA QS and ISO QS will be discussed. We will also cover: how different departments are impacted by QS, the biggest pitfalls in establishing and maintaining QS, and how to critically evaluate your QS. There will be group exercises and lots of interaction among participants to provide multiple options. In QS, it is definitely true that one size does not fit all!
How You Will Benefit:
By the end of the course, participants will have gained:
- Familiarity with QS concepts;
- Techniques for organizing and managing QS;
- Best practices for working in a QS;
- Methods for adapting your QS to be most effective
Course Outline:
- Introduction to FDA and ISO
- Lifecycle of a Quality System (QS)
- Myths about QS
- Organizing principles
- Managing principles
- Questions to consider
- Resources
Who Should Attend:
This course is aimed at personnel with some familiarity with QS. It will be beneficial to those with limited knowledge of QS, but we will NOT be going step by step through all the requirements of a QS. Recommended for those in customer service, purchasing, manufacturing, engineering, quality assurance, or related disciplines. Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites.