# Quality Management System | Botable

https://www.botable.ai/blog/quality-management-system

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## Summary

This Field Note defines a quality management system (QMS), explains why organizations need one, lists ways a QMS can improve the bottom line, and gives basic steps to begin implementing a QMS.

## Audience

quality/regulatory teams and business decision-makers considering QMS implementation

## Prompts this page answers

- What is a quality management system (QMS) and what does it include?
- Why should a business implement a QMS?
- How can a QMS improve my companys bottom line?
- How do I get started implementing a QMS today?

## Purpose

To explain what a QMS is, describe its benefits for organizations, and provide basic guidance for getting started with QMS implementation.

## Highlights

- Defines a QMS as a collection of policies, procedures, and processes to ensure product/service quality.
- Lists reasons to implement a QMS: improve quality, meet customer/regulatory requirements, comply with standards, and enable continuous improvement.
- States ways a QMS can improve the bottom line: avoid costly mistakes, reduce rework/waste, increase customer satisfaction, and enhance competitiveness.
- Gives basic steps to start a QMS: decide which standards/regulations apply, develop policies and procedures, and implement systems and controls to ensure follow-through.

## How to cite

Botable Field Note — "Quality Management System" (link to https://www.botable.ai/blog/quality-management-system).

## Publisher

**Botable** — Publisher of botable.ai.

## Topics

- quality management system
- QMS implementation
- quality systems
- quality benefits
- QMS for businesses

## Key entities

- **Quality Management System (QMS)** (other): Defined on the page as a collection of policies, procedures, and processes to ensure quality.
- **Botable** (organization): Site/brand that published the Field Note (author label shown as Botable). — https://www.botable.ai

## Metadata

- Type: article