Enterprise Quality Management in the Cloud for Emerging Life Science Firms
Tampa, FL – January 15, 2015 -- Pilgrim Quality Solutions, a leading global provider of enterprise quality management software and services for the Life Sciences, today announces the introduction of SmartStart, the most cost-effective and efficient pathway to quality management success. This software-as-a-service (SaaS) Cloud offering combines Pilgrim’s enterprise quality management software (EQMS) and its vast implementation expertise to deliver a live, business-ready solution within 30 days.
SmartStart is designed to make it easier for emerging and mid-sized enterprises to automate their quality management systems with an EQMS at an affordable price. Life Science organizations of all sizes establish policies and manage processes which oversee and ensure product quality. However, enterprise-level solutions can take months to implement and require significant financial investments. SmartStart is different. Now there is a choice that delivers the robust functionality of an enterprise solution in just 30 days.
SmartStart incorporates the same feature-rich, out-of-the-box capabilities of SmartSolve®, Pilgrim’ EQMS, used in on-premise deployments. The expertise gained over the last 20 years allows Pilgrim to fast-path implementations. To achieve readiness within a month, focus is placed on implementing the quality management and compliance-ready best practices pre-built into SmartSolve along with numerous pre-packaged configuration options.
“When we were introduced to SmartSolve, we were impressed by the solution’s inherent best practices and Pilgrim’s promise to help us be live within a month,” said Fredrik Ollila, Chief Executive Officer of BonAlive Biomaterials, Ltd., a Class III medical device manufacturer based in Finland. “We were pleased that we could go live quickly because we didn’t need to customize the solution,” Ollila said.
SmartStart also takes advantage of Pilgrim’s private, secure cloud. Since 2007, Pilgrim has successfully delivered cloud-based EQMS to Life Science customers, and through this approach, SmartStart reduces the complexity, time and investment needed to purchase, implement and validate new hardware and software.
“As industry competition and regulatory demands increase, Life Sciences organizations will need to shift from competing on volume to competing on quality and speed to market. They can no longer afford to wait months or years to see the value of their EQMS investment,” said Thierry Durand, Pilgrim’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “SmartStart allows us to deliver complete enterprise-ready solutions that address their end-to-end quality management requirements in the fastest, most efficient, and most affordable way. It’s the smart choice.”
Other benefits of SmartStart include reduced up-front expenditures due to subscription-based pricing and reduced burden on IT staff to deploy and manage additional software and hardware. Validation is simplified, saving as much as 80 percent of validation costs and time, because Pilgrim performs the Installation Qualification (IQ) and Operational Qualification (OQ) steps. The scaling capacity in The Pilgrim Cloud also means SmartStart can support customers’ rapid growth and future operational expansion.
About Pilgrim Quality Solutions
Pilgrim Quality Solutions is a leading global provider of enterprise quality management software and services for the Life Sciences and other highly regulated industries. For more than 20 years, our solutions have automated thousands of processes that ensure the quality of life’s most important products. Product quality and patient safety increase while risks decline. Our on-premise and cloud technologies reflect quality industry standards and include electronic signatures, audit trails and validation packs - helping customers more easily achieve compliance and pass regulatory audits. With Pilgrim Quality Solutions as your partner, you are prepared to succeed. For more information, visit www.pilgrimquality.com.
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