(Sparta: Holmdel, NJ) -- With medical device companies continuing to grow their organizations globally and introduce new innovations in device design and development, more of these companies are seeking to centralize the management of vital quality and compliance processes, according to new data revealed in a survey from Sparta Systems, a leading provider of enterprise quality management software. The responses from more than 380 medical-device industry professionals indicated that almost 60 percent of their companies had been undergoing initiatives to make quality management a more centralized process.

The same survey also found that 82 percent of respondents had implemented quality management systems (QMS) software to help automate and streamline their quality initiatives, which included such critical functions as complaint handling, corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs), and change control, often extending their use of the software to account for additional capabilities such as supplier quality management, training management, and electronic adverse event reporting.

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