Today’s software systems have undergone a major evolution in how they are delivered to the customer. Customers now have options when it comes to software deployment— on premises or on demand. On demand, or more commonly known as Software as a Service (SaaS), is leveling the playing field by making enterprise software more accessible to […]

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EtQ today announced the addition of Life Science features in its Traqpath product.

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Why Supplier Quality Management? Suppliers play a major role in bringing products to market. This means that the product received from suppliers must be of the highest quality and level of safety possible—this is a must because stakeholders not only rely on their suppliers to help bring products to market, they also rely on them […]

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Executive Summary The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tasked with the job of ensuring that all products produced within medical device, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, biologics, and all other industries encompassed within the food and drug arena are produced safely and effectively. The FDA receives more than 400,000 reports on adverse events each year. […]

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Executive Summary In any business, the success of any operation relies on its people. Specifi cally, it depends on people being knowledgeable, able to do their job and understand processes that drive daily operations. As business evolves, processes change, and new products are introduced. There is plenty of change that happens on a daily basis. […]

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The FDA has accepted postmarket MDRS through the mail for the past 20 years. However, the new and final rule is a step toward improving efficiency of medical device reporting. eMDR is now mandatory, reporting via hardcopy cannot continue.

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Executive Summary No matter the industry, Document Control is one of the most common applications in compliance today. It allows an organization to manage the creation, approval, distribution and archiving of all controlled documents and processes. It is an integral part of Quality, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), or Compliance Management systems. This is because […]

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Executive Summary In today’s Quality Management Systems (QMS), the ability to control and correct processes is key to maintaining a high level of compliance within an organization. Whether it is tracking incoming customer complaints, identifying nonconforming materials from production, or using corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to correct events within the system, having defined quality […]

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Key areas to Mitigate Risk in CAPA Selecting

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Considerations for Extending the Quality System Beyond Your Enterprise

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FARMINGDALE, NY (03-01-16): EtQ, a leading provider of Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance Software Solutions, is pleased to announce the expansion of its cloud product lineup, with three products all offered under the EtQ umbrella of compliance solutions—traqpath TM, VERSE Solutions TM and the Reliance TM Cloud Portal.

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FARMINGDALE, NY (2-17-16): EtQ, a leading provider of Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance Software Solutions, is pleased to announce that several customers have leveraged the EtQ Reliance Cloud Portal to gain greater visibility into their supplier and customer processes.

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VERSE Incorporates Needs of Small to Mid-Sized Businesses into EtQ’s Diverse Product Portfolio

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New App, traqpath™, Expands the Reach of Compliance to Everyone

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Kimberly-Clark Corporation (K-C) is a leading manufacturer of consumer products, medical supplies, and medical devices. With manufacturing facilities in 35 countries and sales of over $19B, K-C recognized a need for a system that could more efficiently and effectively manage the quality, environmental, health and safety processes across their global empire. K-C previously had disparate […]

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For Virginia Blood Services (VBS), automation has become a catalyst for enhancing business processes. The nonprofit organization, which is the sole provider of blood to 21 hospitals, provides the blood for nearly 2/3 of organ transplant patients in Virginia, and is one of the largest volunteer efforts in central Virginia. In fact, nearly 70,000 individuals […]

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In the Life Sciences industry, only the most innovative and cost-effective products will survive.

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All companies want business software that is easy to use, quick to implement, and readily updated to meet changing business requirements. EtQ Reliance allows business processes and communications to flow more effectively to enable our customers to deliver a higher level of service and performance.

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In any Quality or EH&S Management System, the ability to view business intelligence and use it to make informed decisions is key to success. EtQ has developed several tools to help companies gather intelligence quickly and effectively, and provides the tools to aid in the decision-making process. With EtQ Reliance, all the information related to […]

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We begin by asking the question, “Is the Quality Management Software market evolving to be easier, or more complex?” As the world market evolves, product lifecycles are speeding up to accommodate market demand and keep up with competing products. As a result, Quality benchmarks need to evolve as well. Risk is fast becoming the benchmark […]

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Ensuring a Change for the Better

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We begin by asking the question, “Is the Quality Management Software market evolving to be easier, or more complex?” As the world market evolves, product lifecycles are speeding up to accommodate market demand and keep up with competing products. As a result, Quality benchmarks need to evolve as well. Risk is fast becoming the benchmark […]

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There is a mysterious, secret hidden factory lurking in your organization, but don’t go searching in the plant to find it. This factory is hidden because there is a lack of communication between your Enterprise Resource Planning system or Manufacturing Execution System, which is tracking nonconforming materials and your Quality Management System, which is tracking […]

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Lack of visibility of quality into the supply-chain can often have an adverse effect on the business, leading to poor quality of product, lost inventory due to quality issues, or even stock-outs of particular product lines. How can companies streamline their their supplier quality management to increase visibility into the supply-chain, and incorporate their quality […]

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Today’s product lifecycle is moving at a speed like never before. A need to keep up with the competition coupled with consumer demand is setting this pace and turning it into a cycle that will not slow anytime soon. With more and more businesses rushing their products to market in order to keep up with […]

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In today’s business environment, it is nearly impossible to effectively manage operations, quality and the product lifecycle without implementing business software systems. Applications such as Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), and similar systems have become a necessary, if not vital, part of enterprise technology. As a company grows, […]

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Because of the industry’s close relation to consumer health and well-being, organizations competing in life sciences have a unique set of hurdles around quality, risk, and Environment, Health, and Safety(EH&S). The effective management and optimization of these areas have proven difficult for a number of reasons, most notably from a lack of long-term, strategic vision […]

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Having to conduct a recall is one of the most trying experiences in any organization mandated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). If it is determined that a recall is the only available course of action, it is imperative for an organization to have a system in place to guide them through the recall […]

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Corporations today are becoming increasingly global in nature. While these organizations may vary from site to site, they are working toward the common goal of producing a high quality product. But as larger corporations grow, individual sites tend to deviate in corporate-mandated processes. With these deviations adding up, eventually there will be too much diversity […]

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tasked with the job of ensuring that all products produced within medical device, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, biologics, and all other industries are produced safely and effectively. As market demand increases for the need of quick product cycles and the distribution of regulated products, the ability to react […]

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CAPA has Become a Catchall. With all the processes associated with managing a quality and compliance management system, Corrective Action and Preventive Action (CAPA) is a prominent feature. In many cases, if an event is found in the system, a CAPA is generated. No matter the scope or severity, CAPA is the ultimate catchall for […]

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Suppliers within any industry play an important role in bringing products to market. Companies rely on and trust their suppliers to provide them with the ingredients needed to properly manufacture their products and meet the pressures of keeping up with industry demand. However, in today’s demanding food chain, there is an ever-increasing level of complexity […]

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Change, as the saying goes, is the only constant. This also applies to changes to product or process. Regardless of industry—whether automotive, medical, or food for example—there eventually comes a need for change. Inevitably, an organization will need to change a process or product at some point in its lifecycle in order to keep up […]

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Winners Honored at the Golden Bridge Awards Dinner and Presentation in San Francisco on September 8, 2014

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FARMINGDALE, NY (10-02-14): EtQ is pleased to announce the finalists of EtQ’s 2014 Innovation Excellence Award.  As part of EtQ’s commitment to fostering innovation within its customer base, EtQ continues to celebrate customer ingenuity with its successful award program. The EtQ Innovation Excellence Award Program recognizes those customers who have implemented EtQ’s software in innovative ways […]

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Independent Research Firm Total Economic Impact Study Reveals Potential Client ROI using Reliance Platform to be 77 Percent

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FARMINGDALE, NY (11-12-14): EtQ, a provider of Quality, Compliance and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) software, today announced its Reliance Cloud Portal offering, which enables organizations to increase visibility into the supply chain to result in greater collaboration. EtQ’s Reliance Cloud Portal is a cloud-based Reliance installation that is available at no cost to all Reliance […]

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FARMINGDALE, NY (11-18-14): EtQ’s 18th Annual User Conference proved to be yet another successful event for EtQ, with an unprecedented turnout and EtQ’s staple networking opportunities. The 3-day conference brought in the highest attendance of any EtQ User Conference to date, resulting in a 20 percent increase over the previous year. Held at the Atlanta Evergreen […]

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FARMINGDALE, NY (07-11-14): EtQ, a provider of Quality, Compliance, and Environmental Health and Safety software, today announced that its upcoming Reliance webinar series will begin on July 15th at 1:00pm ET. In part one of this series, EtQ’s Glen Fraser will introduce the new features and functionality of Reliance 11. The webinar will include an overview […]

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FARMINGDALE, NY (07-22-14): EtQ, a provider of Quality, Compliance and Environmental Health and Safety software, today announced that part two if its upcoming Reliance webinar series will be held on July 29th at 1:00pm ET. In the conclusion of this series, EtQ’s Glen Fraser will introduce the new features and functionality specific to the EHS suite, […]

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Winners will be Honored at the Golden Bridge Awards Dinner and Presentation in San Francisco on September 8, 2014

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FARMINGDALE, NY—June 17, 2011—EtQ has sponsored the recently published Aberdeen report on Closed Loop QualityManagement. This study highlights how closed loop quality management is a competitive advantage for many Best-in-Class manufacturers, yet is often misunderstood by other organizations. The report reveals the characteristics shared by top performers as well as the top market pressures that […]

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EtQ’s Supplier Rating module continues to provide enhanced visibility into the quality of an organization’s suppliers. The ability to increase visibility into supplier quality is essential to maintain the highest caliber suppliers in any organization and in ensuring product quality. The end goal of supplier management is to develop a set of metrics to monitor […]

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EtQ’s PDM tool improves the management of product development through its components, subcomponents, and costs. PDM plays a major part in managing the product lifecycle. It helps track and control all data that is related to a particular product. “In its latest release, EtQ introduced several new modules and features, PDM being one of them,” […]

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EtQ, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has continued to expand its global network with the formation of EtQ UK, located in the West Midlands of England. EtQ UK specializes in providing sales and services throughout the United Kingdom and Europe, providing consumers with the best-in-class, user-friendly software to meet their quality, compliance, and […]

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EtQ, Inc., is pleased to announce the addition of new and enhanced modules in its latest release, Reliance 7.0. Below is just a sampling of what EtQ’s latest release has to offer:   • Product Data Management (PDM): EtQ’s PDM module improves the management of product development through its components, subcomponents, and costs. PDM is […]

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EtQ, Inc. is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Reliance 7.0, with new enhancements to its innovative user interface. The Reliance 7.0 user interface boasts several key enhancements that keep in line with EtQ’s vision for creating a unified user experience that flattens the learning curve. Some of the highlighted enhancements include:   • […]

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In the highly competitive Medical Device market, only the most innovative and cost-effective products will survive.

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EtQ, Inc., is pleased to announce enhanced features in the latest release of its Web-based enterprise system for Quality, Compliance, and Environmental Health and Safety management, Reliance 6.2. Enhancements to the latest release include: •  Searching and Filtering: With EtQ’s advanced searching features, users will now have the ability to perform saved searches, which gives […]

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EtQ is pleased to announce that its weekly webcast series continue to provide an excellent forum for attendees to learn more about EtQ’s solutions and best practices in Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Management. EtQ webcasts are designed to demonstrate the various modules offered by EtQ’s Quality and Environmental Health and Safety Management Solution, giving […]

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EtQ is pleased to announce enhancements to reports for its Employee Training module with the addition of over 30 new training reports. EtQ’s Employee Training software tracks employee profiles, schedules training events with testing and documents employees’ training history. To provide better visibility into training status, EtQ has several training reports that provide real-time access […]

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EtQ has announced enhanced searching features in its newest release, Reliance 6.2. With EtQ’s advanced searching features, users will now have the ability to perform saved searches, which gives the user the ability to retrieve past search strings, while displaying the current real-time search results. This feature is designed to provide users with an easy […]

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FARMINGDALE, NY: EtQ is pleased to announce the addition of graphical decision tree functionality in its latest release, Reliance 6.2. The EtQ decision tree allows users to create a Web-based list of related questions that are dependent on each other, so that the results of the questions will impact the business process and produce quantitative […]

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EtQ’s Development Center has been re-certified to ISO 9001:2008 certification, after an extensive audit conducted by Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS). EtQ’s Development Center is responsible for the development of software platforms and application suites maintain compliance with Quality, Environmental, and Health and Safety management system requirements. Part of the objectives of the audit were […]

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EtQ announces enhanced reporting features in its newest release, Reliance 6.2. In addition to drill-down reporting, quality alerts, and drag and drop reporting, EtQ’s advanced reporting analysis and intelligence functions provide charts to see the “bottom line.” A Radar chart is available to inform the user of different improvement areas; a Pareto chart tracks occurrence […]

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FARMINGDALE, NY (03-06-09): EtQ is pleased to announce the addition of its Connection Profiles function in its latest release, Reliance 6.2. EtQ’s Connection Profiles is a graphical Web-based administration tool that enables integration between EtQ Reliance and third party business systems. Through the use of simple administration forms, users can connect EtQ Reliance applications directly […]

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2008 has proven to be a year of exponential growth and opportunities for EtQ, Inc, providers of Quality Management Software (QMS) and Environmental Health and Safety Software (EHS). As a result of providing high-end, robust enterprise solutions with quick return on Investment for its customers, EtQ saw exceptional growth in 2008. This growth is a […]

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The EtQ Innovation Excellence Award Program recognizes those customers who have innovatively implemented EtQ software to address a key business challenge that has significantly impacted their business. EtQ recognizes Vistakon, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care – Global Change Control Application: Vistakon’s innovative application takes the concept of change management to the next level by facilitating […]

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EtQ has announced the incorporation of the EtQ Data Center as part of the 6.0 release of EtQ Reliance Quality Management Solution. EtQ has long recognized that managing an enterprise quality management system can be a difficult task, especially when coordinating multiple sites, each with their own independent business processes. As an organization scales their […]

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EtQ has announced its new Project Control Module, part of the 6.0 Release of EtQ Reliance for Quality and FDA Compliance Management. As part of any Quality of Compliance initiative, the ability to complete projects on time and within budget is of key importance to managers.  EtQ’s project control module is designed to organize and […]

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