A quality audit examines your company's quality management system. A quality system auditor closely guards the checklist he uses and can adapt the list to ensure it applies to your business. If you ...

What is a Quality Manual? A Quality Manual is an authorized document created by a business, detailing how its quality management system operates. In other words, it’s a Table of Document Contents and ...

Businesses use quality management systems to improve the efficiency of their processes, which can help increase profitability. Total Quality Management systems use a variety of tools and theories to ...

Firms that perform audits, reviews, or compilations have a little more than four months to implement the new risk-based quality management (QM) standards. The task may feel daunting, but Joe Lynch, ...

Implementing the new standard on quality management (QM) by the Dec. 15, 2025, deadline may seem daunting, but the AICPA has developed resources and tools to get started, including a recently revised ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. In today’s environment, the need for a quality management system is not merely a luxury. Still, instead, it is an essential ...

As an executive, I've seen how electronic quality management systems (eQMS) revolutionize businesses. eQMS are sophisticated software tools that help companies ensure their products or services meet ...

How often and how much does your firm think about quality? Every auditor is, by nature, committed to quality. Every firm has final quality control steps built into its production process. However, ...

A quality management system (QMS) is essential to a safe and efficiently run diagnostic radiology department, providing quality clinical images while maintaining patient and staff radiation doses as ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. David Kindness is a Certified Public ...