Q-Pulse - Avis

Easy to use and great customer support. Good help feature so most issues you can figure out on your own. Great record keeping and control on all the business processes in the system. Make audits very easy to navigate since every record is at your fingertips. Being able to make fields mandatory means you never are missing information.

The online training course for the basic version is not the best, not at intuitive as I would like to see.

Ease off use
Ability to run from IPad's and phones
Flexibility of being able to tailor to own needs
Dashboard for tracking performance
Easy administration

Audits process is long winded and could be simplified by being able to raise on close on the app.

Modules are not interactive with each other and operate independently.

I think document control and audit are 2 of q-pulses strongest modules. i also like the fact that its a system that can cover most of my organisations' QMS needs. having one go-to system that covers mutliple needs is great and means our staff only need to learn and be familiar with one system.Probably the best assett they have is their staff: I have always found the ideagen staff helpful, prefessional and friendly and they have very good support.

While i like q-pulse - i do think it can be better: The system can feel old and clunky in places. some simple quality of life improvements have never been implemented - which is unfortunate as with those improvements q-pulse could be so much more. the system does feel old and unloved; parts feel cobbled together as if each module was developed seperatetly. I'm hoping that as Ideagen chooses to move away from the Richclient platform and onto thew web platform - they will do the right thing and decide to invest properly in that development. Hopefully this way, our iwhslist as users will finally be accepted and addressed. As a user who is keen to help the company improve q-pulse, i have been a little disappointed that they dont always seem to listen to their users. i'm still hopeful they will invest more time and realise that listening to us is imporant and the right thing to do - then maybe togther we'll be able to change q-pulse from being a good system to becoming the great system it always promises to be.

A very easy business system to administer. I particularly like the Actions and Document Manager module.

We needed a lot of customization to ensure the Training Manager module worked for us.

When I first joined my company it was a privately owned company, however, now 6 years later, the business has massively grown with a number of acquisitions and having made the move to become a public company. With the acquisitions, the ease of having Q-Pulse Enterprise allowed us to roll out the QMS and provide real live data and streamline a number of our processes.

Due to the number of employees that I currently work with, and working in a quality and compliance industry, that training is core to the success of the business. Having a platform that can demonstrate this is critical. Whilst Q-Pulse currently offers way of documenting training, I do believe it is quite manual and could improve. If this improves, Q-Pulse will prove to be a very robust and attractive quality management system.

The features are good and it is easy to set up. You can design your own forms and reports.

It crashes whenever it is dealing with a lot of data. I also wish there was the ability to create logic-based forms/fields.

It does not over complicate things and I especially like the fact that users can use their Trust log in details and can access documents via our Intranet without logging into Q Pulse itself. Much more time efficient.

I would like a more comprehensive reporting suite, or a simple report building tool. Currently we download a large chunk of data and export to Excel to manipulate it there to our requirements but it is more tedious than using a pre-defined report

Document Management - this allows us to centralize our SOPs in one location and distribute them to our users. Improves our compliance due to audit trail of staff acknowledgement of policy and procedures.

Training module - this is the module we thought we get a lot of use out of. Just doesn't work they way we intended it to. Difficult to navigate\use

If staff use the product frequently they will find it very easy to use. It has many useful features that support business processes.

The software is so configurable that at it can become tricky to work out which function will allow you to configure what.

Integration of the software was quick and easy, as is general use on a day to day basis.

Concurrent licencing can cause issues when users are not able to log into the system.

Impact - the document control database is easily the most impactful feature of the software allowing all employees to easily access procedure they require to perform their jobs.
Ease of use - the system is easy to use and intuitive after some training. As with any computerised system, it helps when the databases are used routinely.
Integration - when all the metadata had been collected, the integration with existing business processes was easy as the organisation was operating a paper based document management system.

One of the missing elements is a link from the training database to doc control so that when a new revision of a document is released, an automatic training record should be send to all relevant employees. I have used several other EQMS systems and this functionality is standard. It may be released with version 7 of the database?
I feel the training database is not nearly as well developed as the document control db but it is part of the system that is extremely important to our organisation working in a Medical Devices.

The system can be implemented in a phased approach, focusing effort on core needs to enable a faster go-live timescale, to start benefiting from the systems capabilities. User Interface and the overall Experience; supports the ease-of-use, to get stakeholders engaged with the system and adopting new ways of working from the perspective of distributing the 'quality culture' throughout the organisation.
The system has excellent 'touch points' for staff to take ownership of their documents and quality events; to ensure execution and closure in a timely manner. I particularly like the systems workflow engine, in how it directs the events and keeps your tasks on track. Furthermore, the integration of Business Intelligence to immediately review your KPIs and current Compliance Position, hits the sweet spot for effective (right now) decision making. I also liked the balance between out of the box, light touch setup to developing additional user-needs configuration, under the ITIL Change Management methodology, rather than having to do lots of heavy configuration on Day 1, then having to re-think it all at a later point. Overall, this system offers an intuitive platform based approach, that will appeal to multiple business teams, management and implementers/validators of such systems.

No particular dislikes noted. In one particular implementation, the custom fields in Document Manager would not merge the meta-data to the document file. It was only designed for the core meta data fields. However, I raised this as a change request to the vendor, and they were able to facilitate the capability in a quick time frame, which did not impede the requirements to have additional data automation into the document file.

I love the usability of the software. It is very intuitive, and has all of the features we wanted, or didn't know we wanted!

The configurability of the system has also been a huge positive for us. With our old system we weren't able to fully configure, and the elements that we could configure required an IT administrator and/or a particular licence.

I will bullet point the rest:
Ability to link related documents
Setting review dates for documents
Dashboard
Limiting permissions/viewing ability
Ability for end users to leave feedback on documentation
Automatically PDFing documents
Embedding codes
Training/help is within the system

Overall the software is miles ahead of the others, with so many positive points!

The cons:
There is not an option to select the information shown in an issue report
The forms are "fully configurable", for example some information has to be there, and it has to be at the top of the form rather than in another section
Kickstarting workflows is a little more clunky than the "pass to" function
The "if" option could have a lot more power (but I understand this is a recent development)
You can't do a blank search for all documents (filtering with topics for example)

It is quite simple to set up, and the configuration process quicken as we implemented more and more modules as they all use similar configuration files and processes.
The audit and documentation systems are particularly well designed. Issue manager took more effort to implement and can be challenging.

Equipment manager lacks important features related to the standards particularly for more demanding standards such as IATF or AS.
Risk Manager is great for business risks but cannot be configured for H&S individual assessments or FMEA which I think would improve the product greatly.

Visual looks and add on modular structure

Some difficulties adjusting software, some more functionality would really improve software

The software can be used across a variety of platforms.

Some parts and functionality seem a bit dated but are aware that Qualsys are addressing this.

The system has had a positive impact on the department. The whole process to upload documentation is very easy, easy to train other staff members and has worked exceptionally well. Some of the reports such as 'out of date' documents has encouraged the team to update these document quickly. It is a good prompt to ensure we do not fall behind. The security and data integrity features are also good.

. When saving a document detail or uploading a document, pop ups appears select 'yes' or 'cancel'. We feel this selection should be 'yes' or 'no'. Some of the reports and dashboard features do not fit our needs. We would have wanted to be able to drill down into different document owner groups, rather than a user. We have four areas Aseptics, Radiopharmacy, QA/QA and PMU document owners. It would be useful for our trending and MQRG reports if we could select one of these groups, rather than all the documents collated together.

The ability to configure the system is made very simple. Changes can be made by administrators with minimal effort which is invaluable to any business which is either growing or operates in a dynamic environment.
The software has constant releases either for fixes (which obviously everyone wants to avoid altogether) or for improvements. We have seen several iterations of a module in the space of a year which has helped how our users engage with the system.
On a similar note, I am impressed with how the company will make changes to the software upon request. Changes are reviewed and implemented in a timely fashion.

Having to re-create successful pilot projects from UAT to the Live site is a frustration!
Whilst I have praised the configurability of the system I believe there are further improvements which could be made to enhance the software further.
The module nature of the software has meant some modules are behind others in terms of aesthetics and functionality (but I know this is something the business is working on).

The most liked part of the system is the way that it has been designed by Qualsys. Very user friendly and easy to follow modules that serve the purpose. The EQMS system provides an excellent platform to enable the company to grow without the admin burden of managing documentation and training.

Qualys provides exceptional support throughout the implementation of all EQMS modules. Qualsys tailor the planning, configuration and testing to suit the company's requirements.

The EQMS system has been great addition to our company's growth. hence we have not had any areas within the system that we disliked.

The use of issue manager to drive any process (which dosent neccesserily need to be quality related) is brilliant. It speeds up and streamlines our process' whilst also tracking everything which is great when we are being audited. The audit manager module has saved hours of uploading pictures and typing up audits.

The on screen apperance is a little dated and the apps are a bit clunky.

1) Easy to configure
2) Simple to use
3) Clever features (progress dashboards, document links etc)..
4) Document review reminders
5) Users can give feedback on controlled documents

The reports are not configurable enough for our processes

Simple to use, simple to set-up, simple to train and simple to administrate. Its very functional and configurable and is well supported by Qualsys. It is also delivers some considerable time savings in areas such as auditing and action management. The system automates many of the administrative tasks and provides some excellent real time reporting.

Some of the modules somehow feel less superior to document management module. They are clearly well developed but it clear that the system began with document management and the evolved into other areas.

Q-pulse is a very good tool for helping us manage key areas within the management systems, such as CAPA and document / asset control, at least it is for them that know how to use it.

Q-pulse is not an easy tool to learn your way around and it can put people off using it due to it not quite being as intuitive as it could be

It met our requirements relating to various ISO standards i.e 14001, 9001 and IATF 16949 with respect to training and document control

The lack of ability to transfer information from UAT site to live site meaning work has to be repeated

We've been working with Qualsys and EQMS for four years. The core modules are mature and feature-rich, they enable us to streamline our processes and document management requirements. The apps save us many hours of manual effort each time we use them. There is also a healthy pipeline of new features and enhancements. Perhaps the biggest strength of the software is the commitment from the Qualsys team to the success of their customers. Highly recommended.

The software has so many features and options that it can take a little while to set up, however the Qualsys team have offered us support to get this right for our implementations.