{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Next Biz Thing: Unveiling Tomorrow's Business","title":"Next Biz Thing #398 qms2go.com","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":754,"description":"QMS2GO https://qms2go.com\nThis episode looks at QMS2GO, an AI powered quality management platform built for small and mid sized manufacturers working toward ISO 9001 certification. Founded in Ruston, Louisiana in late 2023, the company replaces spreadsheets, shared drives and disconnected tools with a single audit ready system that links receiving inspection, supplier records, calibration, nonconformances and corrective actions automatically. Markus explores why handoff failures cause most quality problems, how more than ninety AI functions compress months of consulting work into weeks, and why flat pricing rather than per seat pricing matters. Worth a listen for anyone facing certification.\nHere is a question I suspect a lot of people running small factories have asked themselves at two in the morning, usually the night before an auditor arrives. Where is that document? Not a philosophical question, not a strategic one, just a very human, very panicked question about a piece of paper that proves a thing was done properly six months ago. And if you have ever felt that particular flavour of dread, today's episode is going to feel like someone finally saying out loud what you have been living with for years.\nWelcome back to The Next Biz Thing. I am Markus J. Diplama, and this is the show where we go looking for the companies quietly solving problems that most people never think about, until the day those problems land squarely on their desk. Today we are talking about quality management, which I promise is far more interesting than it sounds, and about a company called QMS2GO that has decided the whole thing has been done backwards for about thirty years.\nLet me set the scene, because the context here really matters. If you manufacture anything for a serious customer, an aerospace supplier, an automotive tier one, a medical device firm, a government contract, you will sooner or later be asked whether you are ISO 9001 certified. That standard is the international...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Pb0F3jmlyIfOyRlax9T63lldyNPycKwPJeWzBdTAC44/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ5NzEzLzE3MDc4/NDQ0NzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}