3 Reasons to Move Away from Paper-Based Quality and Risk Processes

If you’re part of the Quality and Risk Management team at your organization, you know that the job isn’t easy. Avoiding or mitigating risk to maintain the highest quality for your company’s product or services oftentimes entails numerous disparate and even tedious processes. Further complicating things – many organizations today still rely on paper-based processes: hundreds of disconnected, hefty Excel files, a seemingly endless number of filed-away compliance documents, and more.

Luckily, in today’s technology era, there are integrated digital solutions that exist to simplify the jobs of Quality and Risk Managers. The problem? Not everyone is embracing digital transformation. If you’re still finding yourself buried in Excel files or stacks of paper documents, here are 3 reasons you should embrace a digital QMS solution.

  1. Efficiency is key to any organization

Regardless of what industry you’re in – you and your colleagues don’t have time to waste sifting through stacks of paper documents or clicking through Excel files. It’s a massive waste of time, energy, and ultimately – company dollars. In fact, companies today can lose up to 20-30% of revenue due to inefficient processes. Stop sifting through piles of paper and move to an automated system to increase efficiency and reduce unnecessary company spend.

  1. Reliance on paper increases risk

If you are focused on quality and/or risk management, your job is to reduce potential risk in your business – not add to it! So why rely on cumbersome processes that could potentially increase room for error? What happens if that Excel file containing patient or customer information gets unintentionally deleted, or that intake form lands in the trash rather than a file cabinet? The truth of the matter is that relying on paper-based processes pokes holes in your ability to maintain quality in your organization – widening your room for error and opening your business up to risk.

  1. Digital QMS solutions put the power in your hands

What if you could manage all your company’s important documents in one integrated system, in a format that enables you to easily identify compliance issues, areas for quality improvement, and KPIs? That’s what going digital with your Quality and Risk processes allows you to do. Having this information easily accessible and identifiable to those in management puts the power back into your hands. Rather than feeling lost, confused, or frustrated, your QMS can enable you to feel empowered and in control of your business.

Move away from archaic paper-based quality and risk management processes and adopt a digital solution to reduce cost, increase efficiency, and empower your organization – fulfilling the highest quality your organization can and the necessary compliance mandates. To learn more about the benefits of moving to a digital QMS solution can empower your organization, contact one of our quality experts at BPA solutions or read more here.

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