About Q-Pulse

Q-Pulse is an electronic quality management system from Ideagen, which also automates business processes covering compliance, safety, and risk management. Included in the system are tools for managing documents, staff training and competence, safety, incidents, corrective and preventative actions (CAPA), audits, suppliers, and more. Structures, workflows, data security, alerts, and escalations can all be configured in Q-Pulse to reflect organizational standards and processes.

Q-Pulse’s audit module gives users control of the full audit lifecycle, covering planning and scheduling, preparation, implementation, reporting, and action tracking. Audit capabilities are available offline, allowing users to work remotely with limited connectivity. Risk-based internal audits can be carried out, and financial audits, including SOX, can be automated. The CAPA system can be used to centrally record, manage, and track the progress of actions, with approval process workflow management enabling the automatic routing of approvals, notifications, reminders, escalations, and closures to the responsible individuals.

Q-Pulse enables users to monitor performance via KPIs (key performance indicators) in real time, for operational performance, quality, safety, risk, and compliance, and use these to identify and correct issues in governance strategies. Q-Pulse also offers native apps for iOS and Android, which include audit, document management, and reporting capabilities, and can be used to collaborate, communicate, and submit reports in real time while outside of the office.


Key benefits of Q-Pulse

  • KPIs are visible and reported on in real time, giving users the most recent data to base decisions and actions on.

  • Vendor compliance data can be managed for various standards, including ISO, and compliance audits can be conducted on supply chains.

  • Mobile apps for iOS and Android enable users to collaborate, communicate, and submit reports in real time.

  • Q-Pulse's audit module covers the full audit lifecycle, allowing users to plan, schedule, and implement audits, report, and manage findings.

  • The customer management module enables the analysis of complaints and customer feedback, and monitoring of response times.

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    Q-Pulse Software - Q-Pulse can be used to report on safety, incidents, injuries, and more
    Q-Pulse Software - Reports in Q-Pulse can be marked as confidential or mandatory by users
    Q-Pulse Software - Q-Pulse's flight safety reports include details of staff involved, and the impact on the flight
    Q-Pulse Software - Locations of issues can also be marked on diagrams in Q-Pulse
    Q-Pulse Software - Multiple audit types can be managed in Q-Pulse
    Q-Pulse Software - Q-Pulse allows users to plan, schedule, report on, and record audits
    Q-Pulse Software - Various standards and regulations are available for audits in Q-Pulse
    Q-Pulse Software - Audit reports in Q-Pulse includes summaries of non-conformances and associated notes
    Q-Pulse Software - Procedure and policy documents can be stored in Q-Pulse
    Q-Pulse Software - Q-Pulse records change histories for all stored documents
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    Q-Pulse Software - Q-Pulse can be used to report on safety, incidents, injuries, and more
    Q-Pulse Software - Reports in Q-Pulse can be marked as confidential or mandatory by users
    Q-Pulse Software - Q-Pulse's flight safety reports include details of staff involved, and the impact on the flight
    Q-Pulse Software - Locations of issues can also be marked on diagrams in Q-Pulse
    Q-Pulse Software - Multiple audit types can be managed in Q-Pulse
    Q-Pulse Software - Q-Pulse allows users to plan, schedule, report on, and record audits
    Q-Pulse Software - Various standards and regulations are available for audits in Q-Pulse
    Q-Pulse Software - Audit reports in Q-Pulse includes summaries of non-conformances and associated notes
    Q-Pulse Software - Procedure and policy documents can be stored in Q-Pulse
    Q-Pulse Software - Q-Pulse records change histories for all stored documents

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    Sharon
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    • Industry: Semiconductors
    • Company size: 11–50 Employees
    • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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    • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

    Great Product for all sizes of Quality Management systems

    Reviewed on 2023-03-31

    I manage three areas at our site , Q-pulse makes that very easy for one person since everything is...

    I manage three areas at our site , Q-pulse makes that very easy for one person since everything is documented and recorded in the system. Monthly reports are also easy because of the analysis module which makes reviewing the data easy.

    Pros

    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.

    Cons

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

    Annabelle
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    • Industry: Building Materials
    • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
    • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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    • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

    Qualsys Experience

    Reviewed on 2019-08-21

    A positive experience with knowledgeable and helpful staff to help you through the implementation...

    A positive experience with knowledgeable and helpful staff to help you through the implementation and problem solving.

    Pros

    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

    Cons

    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.

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    Reasons for Choosing Q-Pulse

    Previous system was no longer supported and users were not happy with it. Lost all buy in and employees deviated from the system so losing visibility of the EHSQ performance from a central function.

    Reasons for Switching to Q-Pulse

    Locality of organisation User friendly Proce

    Response from Ideagen

    Thank you for writing us a review Annabelle.

    We're really delighted you find EQMS easy to use and flexible to tailor to your own needs.

    Thank you for your feedback about the audit process. We're getting a support nurse to get in touch with you as you can raise and close audits on the mobile application.

    All the best,
    Emily

    kevin
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    • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
    • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

    Solid product with potential to do so much more if some simple things are improved

    Reviewed on 2023-04-20

    Its a good system that our staff are used to. it helps me perform my job and allows us to provide...

    Its a good system that our staff are used to. it helps me perform my job and allows us to provide the evidence and assurance we need and expect from a QMS. parts should be improved but its still a vitaluable tool we use every day and one my organstion could not live without. (please just take some time to listen to us).

    Pros

    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.

    Cons

    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.

    Daniel
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    • Industry: Chemicals
    • Company size: 201–500 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Ease of Use
    • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

    Great software

    Reviewed on 2019-10-22

    This is housing all our certificates, training and actions. So far so good!

    This is housing all our certificates, training and actions. So far so good!

    Pros

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

    Cons

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

    Response from Ideagen

    Hi Daniel
    Thank you for reviewing Qualsys. Delighted to hear you think EQMS is great software and a very easy business system to administer.
    We appreciate it can take a bit of time to get the modules configured so it meets your internal processes, but the effort you've but in now really will pay off in the long run.
    If you do have any suggestions or recommendations to help us improve EQMS, please do send us your feedback to [email protected]
    Thanks again,
    Emily

    Sarah
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    • Industry: Warehousing
    • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

    Q-Pulse Enterprise

    Reviewed on 2023-03-07

    The benefits of having Q-Pulse is the team behind it. Any issues we have had, have been hands on...

    The benefits of having Q-Pulse is the team behind it. Any issues we have had, have been hands on with the Q-Pulse support team. Also, having been involved in the roll out of the Q-Pulse system in the business I work in, I have to commend the consultant who worked with us.

    Pros

    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.

    Cons

    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.

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    Q-Pulse offers the following pricing plans:

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    Q-Pulse has the following typical customers:

    Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

    Q-Pulse supports the following languages:

    English

    Q-Pulse supports the following devices:

    Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

    We do not have any information about what integrations Q-Pulse has

    Q-Pulse offers the following support options:

    Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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