Getting Executive Backing For A Digital QMS

By Brian Curran

As someone working in quality, you understand how vital your role is for improving efficiency, achieving quality, and meeting compliance. Your work is critical, and it’s essential to have the right tools do your job well – which means having a digital quality management system (QMS). If you are facing the challenge of getting the support of executives at your organization, you need to build a persuasive case that speaks directly to the C-suite’s pain points.

Most executives cite the high cost of adopting technology as the main reason they reject plans to invest in digital systems. There are numerous reasons for resistance to system adoption, but the most common is the lack of understanding the value of quality. Each organization will have its own goals and objectives. As you begin researching QMS software, it is important to ask your leadership to define the most important goals. Then measure the implementation of a digital QMS against those objectives to show the value.

This article offers guidance that will help you quantify and communicate the importance of quality, and how a digital QMS delivers considerable savings.