Description
A typical professional-grade Efficient QMS™ installation after quality program documents have been recreated using Process Maker and Form Maker.
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360° Document Interactivity™
Every person in your organization touches the same controlled documents from every direction: creation, revision, approval, release, retrieval, form fill, electronic signature, event tracking, and audit. Machine operators, inspectors, receiving clerks, engineers, and management all work in the same system daily — not just quality managers.
That’s 360° Document Interactivity™ — a quality system works only when everyone uses it, and everyone uses it only when it’s practical enough to be part of their daily work.
“We’ve been working with eQMS since 2011, and over the years, all our Customers remark ‘Very nice!’ or ‘Very Professional!’ when we talk about our quality system!”
— Jason, Top Notch Manufacturing – November 2024
What you are getting
We have been distributing Efficient QMS™ since 2004. In that time, it has never failed to achieve the goal for a single Customer.
In the spirit of giving back to the industry, Licensed “Lite” Efficient QMS™ is complementary for any business in the United States that is operating or implementing a quality management system. Click Add to Cart above to begin a $0.00 transaction and download your copy.
In one hand you will have a free licensed copy of Efficient QMS™. In the other hand, after a short time, you will have an automated version of your Company’s quality management system. Your Customers and Registrars will notice.
What’s inside:
- Document Control — A master Document Control Center organizes every controlled document by Category and Subcategory with revision history and release authority.
- Form Maker & Process Maker — Create forms and procedures directly in the system. No programming required. The work you do once automates your document control for all time.
- Electronic Signatures — ESIGN/UETA-compliant typed signatures via secure invitation links. Signed records lock as immutable audit evidence.
- Invitations — Send any form record or process to an external recipient for review or legally binding signature. UUID-secured links with expiration and IP-tracked access. No account creation required for the recipient.
- Corrective Action Tracking — With validation of effectivity.
- Calibration & Event Management — Schedule events against specific records with automated email reminders. Calibration due dates, audit schedules, training renewals — any date-driven requirement becomes a tracked event.
- Engineering Orders — Change management with configuration control.
- Internal Communication — Memos and Request for Support records that become part of the quality record, not disposable messages.
- Search — Find any record by content across all controlled documents — not just by name or location.
- Pre-Release Verification — Built-in verification record for validating system operation prior to deployment, with signed evidence of completion.
- Backup & Recovery — One-click backup of database, controlled documents, attachments, images, and electronic signatures.
eQMS is not a scaled-down version of an enterprise platform. It is a purpose-built paperless quality system designed by a Responsible Quality Authority with 55 years of practical experience.
Efficient QMS™ was conceived by Frank Elias at Eagle-Picher Technologies during the NASA supplier assessment initiative and achieved AS9100 Top 10 Best Practice designation in 2007. Read the full heritage record.
“We went through our Nadcap audit for AQS and NDT/UT and we received no NCR’s. The Auditor was very complimentary of our system, which was in no small part because of eQMS.” — Arcadia Aerospace Industries — Nadcap AQS and NDT/UT
Built for the IA9100 Transition
The aerospace industry is transitioning from AS9100 to IA9100 — a generational shift that demands digital document control, traceable audit trails, and objective evidence that the quality system is operating, not just documented. Cloud QMS platforms charge $5,000 to $50,000 per year to meet these requirements.
Efficient QMS™ meets them at $0. Self-hosted, permanent license, your data on your server. The same architecture that earned AS9100 Top 10 Best Practice designation and ran production quality systems for NASA mission-critical hardware.
Whether your standard is IA9100, ISO 9001, Nadcap, AISC, ASA-100, or no formal standard at all — eQMS provides the paperless infrastructure to run a real quality system. Read the full IA9100 financial impact analysis.
Zero to a running quality management system – at no cost
Here is something most visitors do not realize: it is possible to go from nothing to a fully populated, browser-based quality management system without spending a dollar on software or documents.
Free MS Office QMS document kits for ISO 9001 and AS9100 are available from various online QMS service providers in the United States – complete document sets including quality manuals, procedures, work instructions, and forms. Your team can open any of those documents, copy the text, and paste it directly into Efficient QMS™ Process Maker. Recreate any existing form in Form Maker. The work you do once automates your document control for all time.
The complete path – zero cost, start to finish:
- Locate free ISO 9001 or AS9100 MS Office QMS documents from any online QMS service provider in the United States
- Download free licensed Efficient QMS™ from this page
- Contact us – we install eQMS on your hosting account at no charge, or help you set one up while you are on the phone with us
- Send us confirmation of your MS Office QMS documents to receive your permanent license at no charge
- Open your procedures in MS Office, copy the text, paste into eQMS Process Maker
- Recreate your forms in eQMS Form Maker
- Invite your team – your quality management system is running
Frank will support every step of that process by phone and email at no charge, since 2007, with no expiration.
The work you do once automates your document control system for all time.
— Efficient QMS™ design principle, 2004
eQMS is the digital skeleton — your policies, procedures, and forms are the muscle. Build them yourself, use free industry resources, or start with a professionally written QMS kit from the catalog.
Contact Frank to discuss free installation, free licensing, and no-charge tech support with no expiration when you install Efficient QMS™ on a public webhost.
What to Expect on First Login
Every User’s first login launches a one-time orientation walkthrough built into Efficient QMS™. Administrators see the full orientation covering system setup, document control, and User management. Non-Admin Users see a streamlined version focused on daily navigation and their role in the quality program.
The orientation can be bypassed, but it will persist on each login until completed — because a quality system that lets you skip onboarding without acknowledgment wouldn’t be much of a quality system.
How to receive your permanent license
After completing your $0.00 download, your copy of eQMS includes a temporary license. To receive your permanent license at no charge, simply contact us by email at contact ~at~ quality-control-plan . com with one of the following:
- Your Company’s domain name or private server IP address so we can prepare your permanent license.
- That’s it…! Of course, you are welcome to integrate any of our own QMS kits.
We will send your permanent license promptly. If you already purchased one of our ISO 9001 or AS9100 template kits, we will guide you about how you can integrate those documents into your copy of eQMS — at no charge.
IMPORTANT — LICENSE DISCLOSURE
EFFICIENT QMS™ IS LICENSED SOFTWARE THAT REQUIRES A VALID LICENSE TO OPERATE. THE APPLICATION WILL NOT DISPLAY WITHOUT AN ACTIVE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT LICENSE.
What this means:
- Your downloaded copy of eQMS includes a temporary license that expires on the date shown in the file named license.txt in the root folder of the downloaded ZIP file.
- If the temporary license expires before a permanent license is activated, eQMS will stop operating and will not display until a valid license is installed.
- A permanent license is provided at no charge and does not expire. To activate your permanent license, provide your web address (domain) or IP address where eQMS is installed.
- If you move to a new domain or IP address, a replacement permanent license is provided at no charge upon request.
- No payment is required to obtain, activate, or maintain your permanent license. There is no subscription, no recurring fee, and no automatic renewal.
This disclosure is provided in compliance with California consumer protection requirements for software products with operational dependency on license status.
What to know before you download
- eQMS is licensed software and requires a license to operate. Review the license disclosure above for complete details. License terms and conditions.
- Lite eQMS does not include pre-populated documents. Use Process Maker to recreate your existing procedures and work instructions by copying and pasting plain text. Use Form Maker to recreate your existing forms. The work you do once automates your document control for all time.
- eQMS runs on your webhost, not on your computer. It uses a MySQLi database to store all procedures and records. Your Company owns that data and can export it at any time. eQMS is not a subscription service and is not stored in someone else’s cloud.
- No project is too small or large. Visit with Frank if you need hands-on tech-support.
No website or hosting account? No problem.
While you are on the phone with us, we will help you purchase a domain name and a low-cost Linux hosting account on SiteGround/Hostgator/GoDaddy – at no charge to you. Or, you can authorize us to do it for you and reimburse us for the hosting expense afterward. We do not earn a commission on any hosting account you purchase.
After the account is set up, we will install eQMS and have it running in 5 to 10 minutes. We will also create a simple homepage if needed.
Compatible hosting requires: Linux or Nginx – PHP 8.1 or higher – MySQLi – ionCube Loader 12 to 15 – Zend Engine.
SiteGround GoGeek, Hostgator Business, and GoDaddy Ultimate web hosting accounts provide all of these by default.
You can also create your own private webhost server using FreeBSD, PHP, MySQLi, ionCube Loader, and Zend Engine.
Email: contact ~at~ quality-control-plan . com – or call 719-649-4242
A note on giving back
JnF Specialties is not the only organization giving back to the quality management industry. The Oxebridge Quality Resources free MS Office QMS kits for ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D are a generous contribution to the industry.
Click Add to Cart above to download your free licensed copy of Efficient QMS™.
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No-charge eQMS tech-support – no expiration – since 2007.