ISO 9001:2000 REGISTERED

features

No compromise.

Over the past 8 years, Q5 has added just about every feature requested by our customers. The result – a feature rich audit and inspection tool that puts you in the driver seat. Increase productivity and transparency, ensure consistency across audits, improve decision making, and never compromise.

The Q5 Team.

Web-enabled Q5AIMS 4.0

  • Web interface - 24/7 anywhere global access
  • Advanced role-based security for your company locations
  • Mobile data capture for laptop, pocket PC and tablet PC
  • System administration module
  • Supports multiple internal customers
  • Hierarchical organization
  • Tracking and reporting by key questions
  • Documentation management
  • Corrective Action module with integrated email notification
  • ISO 9001 compatible

Structures Hierarchy to match your reporting requirements

Flexible. Set up your company hierarchy. Organize your audits as per your organization structure. Define departments and locations and set security access at any level.

Design Module for any type of audit, checklist or QA/QC question

  • Save time by creating, copying and modifying audits and inspections in minutes instead of hours. Import existing audits. Include free-form text drop-down lists or numeric-fields.
  • Create a library of standard audit questions from which to create and design new or enhanced audit or inspection protocols.
  • Associate a category type with your questions to determine critical risk exposures identified during your audit.
  • Pre-define your recommendations and corrective actions for each audit question.
  • Link all your policies, practices and procedures to audit questions.
  • Provide regulatory references, corporate standards or special instructions for your auditors.
  • Recreate your paper forms. Design data collection sheets for on-screen or mobile use. Include multiple selections, drop-down lists or radio buttons.

Complete Module for capturing your data. . . at the desktop or remotely

  • Assign date/time stamp and complete your audits. Lock audits by security access.
  • Instant access to audits and critical safety information in the field using Pocket PC, Laptop or Tablet. Reduce field data capture errors and eliminate paper notes.
  • Eliminate "non value added" administrative work. Eliminate redundant keying and data entry errors.
  • Automatically calculate compliance and achievement scores.
  • Perform Behavior-Based Safety Observations on PDA. Create and use “tally” observation checklists.

Management Reporting Module for detailed reporting and trend analysis

  • Create multiple levels of audit hierarchy for true trend analysis.
  • Embed other Files. Use digital cameras to take photos of your audit, inspection or observation findings. Embed images in reports. Provide a complete "word and picture" profile.
  • Ensure consistent high quality written and graphical reports. Compare audit findings, initiate summary reports and conduct trend analysis.
  • Produce detailed audit reports. Include digital images, corrective actions, and executive summary. Build instant corrective action plans. Summarize and roll-up audit findings. Run non-compliance reports. Produce high-level management views including trend analysis. Export to other applications.

Corrective Action Tracking for “real time” issue management

  • Generate corrective actions from within an audit or independent of an audit.
  • Define your corrective action “types” for tracking and reporting.
  • Through e-mail, escalate the corrective action process for critical outstanding corrective actions. Trigger automatic notifications to supervisory or senior management personnel.
  • Assign priorities to your corrective actions.
  • Use search "filtering" to find, edit and report on outstanding items.
  • Close out corrective action items. Ensure accountability and monitoring.