Of course, you can create your QM manual by traditional means using MS Word on your PC, too. However, quality management is always about teamwork. How do you ensure your work is consistent when several employees are contributing to it at the same time? Moreover, how do you organise a release process with several instances involved from idea to integration with the work? What happens to previous versions? Further, in the event of inspections or litigation, how do you substantiate previously valid versions of the work at any time?

How do you make sure that both valid and outdated instances of your QM manual are stored in compliance with legal and auditing standards, and that they are tamper-proof?

A powerful QM authoring system must satisfy the following requirements

• Creation and archiving of electronic QM documents and manuals of any kind in full compliance with DIN ISO 9001:2008
• Conceptual design, structuring, creation, and any number of additions to works of any size
• Creation of the working documents in standard Office programs
• Multi-level document management within the network or on the Internet
• Tamper-proof encryption for released documents and complete protection against subsequent alterations, each in accordance with the best possible state of the art
• Export of documentation in whole or in part in standard PDF for audits and as evidence – any manipulation/alteration is immediately visible in Adobe Reader
• The Dental Edition includes DIOS HZ (QM manual for dentists) and other applicable documents

None of the document management systems available on the market could meet these criteria in the way we imagined. That's why we developed DIOS DM from scratch. DIOS DM is the perfect document management system for creating and maintaining QM documents of any kind. By the way, the DIOS QM logo consists of a trefoil knot cast into an amber sphere. In the same way as amber encloses its content eternally, your documents are permanently protected in DIOS QM and cannot be manipulated without destruction. The continuous ribbon also symbolises the process and subprocesses of constant improvement in quality management.

Our DIOS QM information pack is available here

Plus fully functional demo versions of:

• DIOS DM document management system
• DIOS HZ quality management manual for dentists
• DIOS MP medical device and sterile item management

System requirements:

• Dual-core PC, 2 GHz processor, 4 GByte memory (RAM)
• 250 GByte free disk space
• 1 Gbit/s Ethernet network
• Microsoft^® Windows^® 7, Windows^® 8 or Windows^® 10
• Equipped with USB or serial ports depending on the devices requiring connection
• Internet connection - at least temporarily  - for support and updates
• Serial devices should preferably be connected to a ComServer in the LAN or directly to the PC
• It is not possible to combine a parallel->serial adapter with a serial->USB adapter
• We recommend the exclusive use of devices with serial interface for terminal server installations