Organizations today operate at speeds faster than ever before, and small to midsized businesses (SMEs) are no exception. Software solutions for quality management systems (QMS) are all too often overlooked by owners and managers of SMEs due to preconceptions about cost and ROI.

The fact is, scalable and affordable QMS solutions without bells and whistles are available. Simple and effective, these options can provide the benefits of a QMS at considerably lower cost and justify their ROI. The trick is to know what, in particular, makes a QMS the right option for a small to midsized business.

This is the first of a six-part series to help SMEs optimize their QMS selection process. To ensure long-term value for the investment, SMEs should look for a QMS solution that provides the following four traits.

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