Transitioning from an existing eQMS to Unifize
Highlighting the transition from a traditional eQMS to Unifize, Jesse Kolstad lauds the platform's flexibility and advanced capabilities. With its user-friendly interface and transformative features, Unifize has brought about significant operational improvements at Biovation Labs.
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I mean, as we transitioned to Unifize, a lot of the organization was on MasterControl and there was a lot of apprehension actually to are we going to lose that data?



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Where are we going to have to work out of two systems? Is this is this kind of arduous hybrid system for a minute? And Unifize was an absolute helping and and partner in that transition to engage people so they could focus on Unifize and know that all of the stuff we had was safe and accessible. And that transition kind of just happened without skipping a beat.

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But what we've known from what I experience was, is we were able to get there with the system. We still there with the system. The system has what is needed to provide us what we're looking for, because every company, admittedly, is trying to get compliant. If we educate people, if we get people the education that they need and to get over the fear factor, I think 90% of those things can be resolved because most people will go to what they're most familiar with.What I worked with from a different company, but they're not willing to sit down and look at what the demographics are saying. People are into social media now. People are moving fast into fast paced world. But technologies are still antiquated. So there's a disconnect here, right? So while we're moving at a fast pace at home with dragging at work, so why can't we continue that speed while we at work?If your supplier has issues and you're not informed on time, you want to have an alternate supplier in place. If your suppliers are not qualified, you may not know that that needs to happen. And so when you have an integrated system that speaks to itself and is giving you all this data, you literally have the pulse of the organization in your hands as an executive at a money bound access.

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