Building a new QMS and/or Calibration system from scratch.

I have little input, but I mise'well share.

We use Microsoft Access to keep track of gages, calibration dates, emailing notifications, etc.
I'm not sure who, but somebody I've never met programmed a custom Access database that stores all of the relevant information, such as the gage, type, location, relevant calibration dates, contact info, etc.
It's kind of cool, because it can be easily (relatively speaking) customized to fit any application, add/remove items and queries, set up visual representations of whatever crap, blah blah.
It's quite unprofessional,and as clunky as the guy made it.
BUT
If you happen to know a guy, maybe they can get a better set up programmed. It's all VBA, AFAIK, and not intrinsically difficult to add new items and queries, if you have the time.

I would probably recommend something more professional, but it does work, it's cloud based so anyone can access it from wherever, you can set up custom dashboards and the like.. There are pros and cons to every situation, obviously.

We also happen to use Access for our rejection database, so anyone with access can go in, fill out a form, save & email it to the relevant departments with a button click.
Our particular set up is quite inefficient, but that's us; I guarantee this idea taken with a grain of salt can be implemented successfully.

I don't know much about ISO, but AFAIK they don't necessarily set a standard; they look to you to set a standard for yourself that both you and they can understand and implement, and they just make sure it's implemented and it works for your company.
As long as you can set something up, it doesn't necessarily matter about professionalism or how much $$$ you spent on the latest and greatest software no one can understand.
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I have little input, but I mise'well share.

We use Microsoft Access to keep track of gages, calibration dates, emailing notifications, etc.
I'm not sure who, but somebody I've never met programmed a custom Access database that stores all of the relevant information, such as the gage, type, location, relevant calibration dates, contact info, etc.
It's kind of cool, because it can be easily (relatively speaking) customized to fit any application, add/remove items and queries, set up visual representations of whatever crap, blah blah.
It's quite unprofessional,and as clunky as the guy made it.
BUT
If you happen to know a guy, maybe they can get a better set up programmed. It's all VBA, AFAIK, and not intrinsically difficult to add new items and queries, if you have the time.

I would probably recommend something more professional, but it does work, it's cloud based so anyone can access it from wherever, you can set up custom dashboards and the like.. There are pros and cons to every situation, obviously.

We also happen to use Access for our rejection database, so anyone with access can go in, fill out a form, save & email it to the relevant departments with a button click.
Our particular set up is quite inefficient, but that's us; I guarantee this idea taken with a grain of salt can be implemented successfully.

I don't know much about ISO, but AFAIK they don't necessarily set a standard; they look to you to set a standard for yourself that both you and they can understand and implement, and they just make sure it's implemented and it works for your company.
As long as you can set something up, it doesn't necessarily matter about professionalism or how much $$$ you spent on the latest and greatest software no one can understand.
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