Quality Management system with Document Change Request

Monthly Audit Publishing made easier with Aura QMS

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AURA powerful web-based QMS software offers unique solutions for integrating quality systems to achieve enterprise-wide performance. Assists every organization to become more competitive and profitable instead of being built around the specific characteristics, Aura QMS was designed to meet the needs of complex business processes. Audits in organization helps to monitor processes, identify gaps, and stimulate companies to improve quality upto standards. Audit management system has become significant for the efficient workflow management, tracking observations and resulting corrective actions for process betterment. Aura the most preferred Audit management software provides complete Post Audit Life Cycle management with Audit Scheduling & Audit publishing modules.

Aura facilitates Audit Publishing by providing bulk upload option to authorized users

  • Using Audit Bulk upload option, Authorized users can publish the planned Monthly audits (Project Audits, Product Audits & Department Audits) easily in a click of a button.
  • It reduces lot of unnecessary time spent on manual entry in the Audit publishing module.
  • It is monthly recurring task and saves lot of time on monthly basis

To know more about Audit management and QMS Contact us today and make your organization processes upto standards.

AURA facilitates the Default Clause References for ISO Standards

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In many businesses compliance initiatives starts when projects were in a stage to meet compliance deadlines for a specific standardization within the organization. However, process compliance measurement is not a one-time task, many organizations are looking for efficient and cost-effective assessment management solution to make their business standardized and sustainable.

AURA QMS helps businesses in managing assessments, to measure process compliance against standards and provides a high quality solution with an integrated approach to manage all compliance requirements. This automated quality management solution enables organizations to manage cross-industry mandates and regulations such as (ISO 9001:2000, ISO 9001:2008, ISO 27001 ISO 14001). AURA provides the facility to create & manage various Clauses, Processes under Respective assessment (Ex: ISO 9001:2008). With multiple checklist creation option it enables user to configure Audit Workflow and Observation types against respective assessment.

Recently Aura has been upgraded with options that facilitates the Default Clause References for ISO Standards such as ISO 9001: 2008 & ISO 9001: 2015. Aura’s Assessment module facilitates this feature if the User selects the Standard, the respective standard’s Parent clause & Sub clauses will be listed.

While preparing the Audit report, Auditors can refer this standard, under which standards that particular Nonconformity (NCs) falls, in addition to that Auditors can suggest Opportunity for Improvements (Ois) also. System provides the facility to create customized Parent & Sub Clauses against their own standards as reference for usage. This greatly reduces the manual entry in creating in parent & sub clauses of standards.

To know more in detail about Aura QMS and its value added features visit http://www.auraqualitymanagement.com/  or leave us an enquiry

New Initiative Management with QMS

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All your to-do business initiatives are being managed in spreadsheets and PowerPoint? Is your ROI being reduced because of poor co-ordination? Is your new initiative execution is lowering because of any communication constraints? Or do you find it difficult to measure outcomes and improve accountability?

To compete in today’s highly competitive market many businesses might use a list of initiatives to describe their strategic vision, these initiatives might be related to types of services, revenue generation, business development etc., Managing the initiatives and regular monitoring of the improvements manually is not possible and in place if automated system supports this management it will be useful for businesses to have a streamlined workflow. The organization that can involve technology professionals in developing new technologies will be able to better manage change in the organization

Aura QMS will be the best solution to meet every business Quality needs, now AURA facilitates the authorized user, to define improvement initiatives, breakdown those new initiatives into POAs and then allocate resources for those POAs. It helps the Authorized user to track the POAs Estimated hours, Actual Hours Spent which in turn clearly indicates the New Initiatives overall status. Dash Board in Aura helps the user to view & track POAs with appropriate status (Completed, Inprogress &Yet to start) in a graphical manner. This will lead to Process Improvements, Time Saving & Cost saving.

Aura QMS will be the right partner for every business to manage their Quality needs and facilitates businesses with Automated solutions. To know more in detail about Aura QMS leave us an enquiry or visit http://www.auraqualitymanagement.com/

Timely Audit completion and report submission with Aura

Many organizations today started to observe the real values in investing audit management software’s, especially when it comes to streamline auditing process. Audits are becoming crucial across various departments, from HR to sales, marketing and management. Audits focus on overall business process factors, processes and procedures conducted within the organization. With audits potential risks can be identified on early stages helps to prevent bigger issues from slipping through the cracks and causing major problems also audits prevent risks from becoming a reality.

AURA facilitates the Authorized user to give appropriate Audit observations as Conformities (O+), Non Conformities – Major NCs & Minor NCs (O-) & Opportunity for Improvements – (OIs) for the Audit findings against each parameters mentioned in the Checklist. This gives the flexibility to user to define their own parameters in addition to the previous ones mentioned in the checklist. Hence the Complete Audit will be automated & their Observations also recorded for taking next steps on the Observations such as NCs – Correction, Root cause Analysis & Corrective Action. For OIs – Validating of those OIs & Valid OIs can be moved to POAs.

QMS User can generate report of each & every audit’s Observations. This report would list the No of NCs, No of OIs for all Audit’s conducted. This gives quick snap shot of the Audits outcome in an effective manner.

Deploying Quality management solutions is the right choice to Automate audits, Aura QMS will be your right partner to manage organizational processes, leave us an enquiry to know more in detail…

Effective Task Management with Aura

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Audit management software in an organization gives the flexibility to manage and support all types of audits, including internal audits, IT audits, operational audits and quality audits. Automated Audit management software will provide end-to-end functionalities for managing the complete audit lifecycle starting from Audit scheduling to managing pre and post Audit activities. Effective audits will be a strong foundation for maintaining quality and compliance throughout the organization.

But developing an efficient and effective audit management system will be challenging. It’s also difficult to generate accurate, timely reports and trends using spreadsheets / paper documents. Without an effective audit reporting tool, Conducting Audit & Tracking of Audit NCs is tedious. AURA, an exclusive QMS software serves as an efficient Task management system and facilitates authorized user to assign tasks to any users with the appropriate description

  • While assigning the task, the Authorized user can know & track the key details such as
    • Task Raised By
    • Task Raised date
    • Department
    • Responsible User
    • Associated User
    • Task Category (POA/ Goal / Task)
    • Estimated Hours
    • Expected Date of Completion
    • Task Priority (High / Medium / Low)
  • In the dash board, the authorized user will be able to track POA Summary such as No of POAs Completed – On time, POAs Completed – Overdue, POAs- Hold, POAs – Cancelled in a graphical manner
  • In addition to the above Completion %, In progress %, Yet to start % gives current status of the Department level overall POA Status & Company level over all POA status.

Aura is fully loaded with Quality management features what you’re looking for. So no more delays  Leave us an enquiry or Contact us to implement Aura QMS.

AURA Showcases at GiTEX 2016

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AURA web based enterprise grade QMS software providing `a fully integrated compliance monitoring system ` is glad to publicize its participation in GITEX Technology Week 2016 in Dubai, scheduled to happen from 16th to 20th October 2016 at Dubai world trade Centre. Aura QMS software will be showcased with many new features as well. By visiting our stall, you can come to know about Compliance monitoring, Audit management system and its benefits. Our team determinedly investigates course with which we can add value to your association. By keeping pace with the latest technology trends we keep on updating our product on a timely basis. At this most far reaching IT Exhibition and Business Technology Event in Dubai, Aura will showcase its ability and imparts its method for attempting to the new advances in quality management system.

Our management team & stall representatives will give you all information about Aura QMS and answer any question you may have. We are always ready to answer your questions to our best knowledge and in a prompt manner. Register Online & Get Free Tickets to meet & engage in discussions with Aura representatives on GiTEX 2016, Dubai. You can attain optimal execution and proficiency like at no other time by building long haul association with us.

We anticipate seeing you at GiTEX 2016 in Dubai world trade Centre, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Root Cause Analysis with Automated QMS

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RootCause analysis is about very specifically determining the when, where and why of a problem at its source, before it ripples out to affect the end-user second time. This RootCause analysis is a deductive problem solving methodology in almost every industry, from book publishing to aeronautical engineering. This analysis will be useful in the arena of Quality management, where complex systems of cause-and-effect build relationships.

AURA web-based QMS software helps organizations to effectively monitor and manage an organizations audit activities and facilitates authorized user to identify the appropriate Root cause for Non conformities in a systematic approach which leads to reduction of failures and in turn maintain quality standards at higher level with consistency.

Below is the step by step procedure followed in Aura QMS for Analyzing RootCause for non-conformities.

  • Step 1: Issue / Problem description – (Clearly breakdown the issues one by one & mention it below to find the Root causes considering the impact)
  • Step 2: Reason (Clearly state the reason for each issue)
  • Step 3: List all the Possible Causes with the Inclusion of Cross Functional Team then do the Why, Why Analysis, for each Reasons there should be one Root cause
  • Step 4: RootCause analysis is determining what really caused the problem and not the lesser symptoms that were displayed. Typically, after a problem has occurred, if one employs the 5 Why’s (asking the question why as many as 5 times) one should effectively get to a point where there are no more excuses or reasons for why the failure occurred, hence the final one is root cause.
  • Step 5: One deviation / Nonconformance can have multiple Root causes
  • System helps the Auditee to update the appropriate Root causes for Non Conformances & Validate those Root causes by Auditors as well.
  • QMS user can track the overall Root Cause Analysis status for all the Non conformances in an easy manner.

Automate your audit activities with Aura root cause analysis, now you will be able to apply the appropriate technique to address a specific problem. Contact us to learn more about how you can solve and prevent quality assurance (QA) issues with root cause analysis (RCA), for more details visit www.auraqualitymanagement.com

AURA Facilitates to avoid Audit Non Conformities

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Today, organizations are taking more active role in focusing on quality. Among the essential elements of a well-established Quality Management System (QMS), Audit non-conformance management or deviation handling plays a key role in business quality management and continuous improvement.

A non-conformance in a process adoption indicates a problem that should be addressed with corrective action. Also non-conformance is a sign that, if something went wrong in your process, product, service or in the system itself by not meeting the desired specifications, all these can be identified via internal audits and external audits.

AURA industry leading QMS software provider facilitates to capture process deviations and easily record the Corrections, Corrective actions taken for Non conformities.  This systematic approach leads to reduction in failures which in turn facilitates maintain quality standards in higher level with consistency. Here the authorized user can define the Problem / Nonconformities with the Impact details such as Business Impact due to Non Conformance, Internal impact, Technical Impact, Resourcing Impact etc.,

Following are the activities to manage Non-conformities:

  • Correction should clearly indicate about planned solution for Resolving the issue / Nonconformance mentioned
  • Correction can be updated against each Nonconformities / Issues
  • Considering the impact severity, the respective stake holder can raise the correction
  • The System should have the defined TAT for the mentioned correction
  • Correction Effectiveness Review can be done by the CAR Auditor which is configurable. The System Should verify the Correction Actual completion status through POA completion.
  • System helps the Auditor & Auditee to update the Correction, Completion & In progress status
  • QMS user can track the overall correction status for all the Non conformances in an easy manner.

To know more in detail about Aura QMS visit www.auraqualitymanagement.com or Contact us

Aura facilitates to measure the Effectiveness of the Audit

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Auditing, when effectively implemented in an organization it drives quality results and arguably it is considered as the most important tool in the quality system tool box. It’s the primary method for continuously monitoring organization’s quality management process (QMS). Auditing is commonly used to diagnose, maintain and improve quality within every organization and it is made compulsory for them to maintain their quality management system based on quality standards. Other native approaches may fail to achieve the objectives set forth, and also assessing the effectiveness, but automated quality management software ensures it delivers quality audit results.

Aura Quality Management System facilitates QMS / MR / Management team to find effectiveness of the audit, for identifying the weakness / process deviations as Non Conformities (NCs) & Opportunity for Improvements (OIs). This in turn provides the real-time snap shot for each & every post audit activity like Correction, Root cause analysis, Corrective Action, OI Validation & CAR effectiveness review.

Auditee & Auditor’s schedule will be automatically assigned by the system and calculates deviation time against defined TAT.

  • Effectiveness of the Auditor can be measured from key parameters such as On Time Audit report submission, CAR effectiveness review done on time & Valid OIs given
  • Effectiveness of the Auditee can be measured based on Time Closure of Audit, No of NCs received, quality of CAR and effectiveness review closed on time.

Measure your audit effectiveness ,spend less time in documenting and save time to review, to know more reach us @ www.auraqualitymanagement.com  or leave us an enquiry

Quality Management system with Document Change Request

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One of the more challenging aspects of businesses today is ensuring that all process, documents details are sufficiently explicated to meet ISO standards. Document management systems became significant for every organization nevertheless of size, Automated software’s will be a right solution for Document management and serves as the platform to manage documents, raising a change request for an alteration to be done in the existing document and much more.

Aura quality management software for Automated document management has Document Change request (DCR) in quality management process, as we understand that change is inevitable and it’s best to be prepared.

Document change request module in Aura provides organizations with the ability to locate and execute document revisions quickly & effectively. Eliminating the need for paper-driven document revision and change approval systems. This increases the traceability of Articles / templates / Documents / Records and helps to handle document versions easily.

Below are the effective steps followed up in Aura for Document change request:

  • CHANGE REQUEST INFORMATION

Authorized user can update the details of Reason for creation / updation of Document and can make required change in the relevant process & process module document. The same can be included in Quality Manual.

  • DOCUMENT DETAILS

User can include the details of specific document name, required changes that has to incorporated in the document, Purpose of the change and so on.

  • CHANGE IMPACT INFORMATION

User can fill the details of Document type: “NEW” document or “REVISED” document, Name of the Module & Section: under which module & section the document to be uploaded, Document Reference code: new reference number or else the old reference number to be maintained for future reference.

  • APPROVAL INFORMATION

And finally the approval authority details like Approved by whom? Approved on which date & Approval mode – Email / SMS can be updated.

Manual systems are inefficient and requires more man-hours in searching the document change details with the related information. Aura saves your valuable time and keeps your business process updated as per the standards. To know more about Aura and its Quality solution offerings Leave us an enquiry