QMS2GO is QMS software for manufacturing that runs quality and operations in one system, built for small and midsize US manufacturers, machine shops and contract manufacturers, from $490 per month per company rather than per seat. It keeps document control, nonconformance and corrective action, supplier quality, internal audits, training, work orders, receiving, inventory and equipment calibration in one place — so ISO 9001 evidence is assembled as the work happens instead of rebuilt the week before an audit.
Manufacturing QMS software is a system of record for controlling documents, inspections, nonconformances, corrective actions, suppliers, training, and calibrated equipment. Unlike basic document management, it connects those quality records to the parts, purchase orders, work orders, operators, and gauges involved, creating end-to-end manufacturing traceability.
You do not have to figure out how to transfer anything. Send us your paper binders and signed forms, your Word procedures and Excel logs, your SharePoint folders, or an export from an older QMS, and we load it, map each record to the ISO 9001 clause it satisfies, and keep your existing document numbers and revision history. Your team reviews and approves; QMS2GO does the migration work. This assisted migration is part of implementation, not a separate data-entry project.
| Product category | Manufacturing quality management software |
|---|---|
| Best for | Small and midsize US manufacturers, machine shops and contract manufacturers |
| Company size | 5–500 employees |
| Standards | ISO 9001:2015, AS9100, API Q1 |
| Starting price | $490/month per company — flat, not per seat |
| Deployment | Cloud-based, browser and tablet |
| Bringing your current QMS over | Assisted migration — paper records scanned and uploaded, Word/Excel/PDF files imported, legacy eQMS exports mapped to clauses |
| Integrations | QuickBooks Online, REST API |
| Best fit | Companies that want quality and shop-floor records in one system |
| Not intended for | Fully validated life-sciences deployments |
Manufacturing QMS software is the system of record for how a manufacturer controls quality: the current revision of every procedure and work instruction, the inspections performed on incoming material and in process, the nonconformances those inspections raise, the corrective actions that close them, the suppliers approved to provide material, the training that qualifies people to do the work, and the calibration status of the gauges used to accept it.
The difference between a manufacturing QMS and a document management system is relationship. A document system stores and versions files. A quality management system software for manufacturing also holds the live records production creates, and links each one to the part number, purchase order, work order, operator, and gauge involved. That linkage is what an auditor follows when they pick a job off the shipping dock and walk it backward, and it is exactly what a shared drive full of folders cannot represent.
Most quality problems are not documentation problems. They are visibility problems created by a split set of tools: purchasing in accounting, receiving on paper, inspection in Excel, procedures in SharePoint, corrective actions in a shared spreadsheet, and calibration on a whiteboard. Nothing reconciles, so traceability has to be reconstructed by hand every time someone asks for it.
QMS2GO closes that loop by holding the operational records and the quality records in the same platform. A single job traces through: controlled document and revision, part number, approved supplier and purchase order, receipt with material test report and certificate of conformance, receiving or in-process inspection, work order and routing-step sign-off, any nonconformance the inspection raised, and the corrective action that closed it with root cause, owner, and effectiveness review. Because those links are created when each record is created, the same data drives supplier scorecards, first-pass yield, and repeat-nonconformance trending — the inputs management review is supposed to run on.
Contract manufacturers carry a quality burden their customers wrote for them. Every prime, OEM, and tier-one arrives with its own flow-down clauses, supplier corrective action process, and audit cadence, and the same small quality team is expected to satisfy all of them. QMS2GO is built for job shops, precision machining, fabrication, and assembly businesses running 5 to 500 people: customer requirements captured per contract and per part, an approved supplier list with revision history a customer audit can inspect, first-article and in-process inspection evidence a prime can request years later, per-customer nonconformance and CAPA history ready for a SCAR response, and traceability from customer purchase order to material certificates and shipment. Oil and gas shops can run API Q1 quality management alongside ISO 9001 in the same system.
There is no single best QMS for every manufacturer; the right answer depends on your size, your standards, and how much of your quality data starts on the shop floor. Six questions separate a system people use from a second place to file documents.
The long version, including where QMS2GO is not the right fit, is in our QMS software for manufacturing buyer’s guide.
You do not rebuild your quality system to move it. If your QMS is on paper, the binders, signed forms, and logs are scanned and uploaded against the clause each one satisfies. If it lives in Microsoft Office, the Word procedures, Excel logs, and PDFs are uploaded as they are. Records from SharePoint or a legacy eQMS export the same way, with revision history preserved and your existing document numbering intact. We carry out that migration with you — send us what you have and we load, map, and number it, so you review and approve rather than retype. QuickBooks Online is a live bidirectional integration for customers, suppliers, items, invoices, payments, purchase orders, and inventory adjustments, and other ERP systems connect through the REST API. Most shops run the core quality registers within a week and reach audit readiness in 8 to 12 weeks, assuming some documented processes already exist and one internal owner can approve records. Training is by role: operators learn checklists and inspection entry, buyers learn receiving and supplier records, the quality manager learns approvals and audit readiness.
| Migration sources | Paper records (scanned and uploaded), Word, Excel, PDF, SharePoint, legacy eQMS exports |
|---|---|
| Who does the migration | We do it with you — send us what you have and we load, map and number it; you review and approve |
| Document numbering | Preserved |
| Accounting / ERP | QuickBooks Online, or REST API for other systems |
| Typical core launch | Within the first week |
| Typical audit readiness | 8–12 weeks, where documented processes exist and one internal owner can approve records |
A representative deployment: a 24-person precision machine shop running ISO 9001 with procedures in Word, a calibration log in Excel, and paper receiving inspections. Document control, receiving inspection, nonconformance and corrective actions, calibration, supplier approvals, and internal audits were enabled first; existing procedures were imported with their numbering intact and mapped to the clause each one satisfies. The core registers were in daily use inside the first week, and the shop worked through its audit-readiness checklist over the following weeks with one internal owner approving records. Timelines depend on how much documentation already exists — we say so before you buy rather than after.
Reviewed by Onega Ulanova, ISO 9001 Lead Auditor. Last reviewed: August 2026.
At minimum: document control, internal audits, nonconformance and CAPA, supplier qualification, training records, risk and opportunity management, and management review. For a manufacturer, add receiving and in-process inspection, work orders and routing, inventory and material preservation, equipment calibration, and traceability across all of it.
An ERP handles business transactions — orders, inventory value, invoicing, accounting. A QMS handles the quality and compliance layer — controlled documents, inspections, nonconformances, CAPA, audits, calibration, supplier approvals. Most manufacturers need both, which is why QMS2GO integrates with QuickBooks and other ERPs rather than trying to replace them.
QMS2GO plans start at $490 per month per company. Pricing is not per seat — adding operators, inspectors, or supervisors does not change what you pay. Higher plans are driven by the modules you turn on and your company size, not by user count, and there is no six-figure implementation project or mandatory consulting engagement. See current pricing and plans.
MasterControl and ETQ are broad quality platforms used across regulated and larger organizations, and both also serve smaller companies. Greenlight Guru is purpose-built for medical-device companies, including startups. QMS2GO is focused on small and midsize manufacturers pursuing ISO 9001 or API Q1 that want quality records connected directly to receiving, work orders, inventory, and calibration. Companies that require a fully validated life-sciences eQMS should evaluate a platform designed specifically for that environment.
Yes. Electronic approvals in document control, change control, and record approvals include unique user identification, timestamps, the meaning of each signature, signature-to-record linking, full approval history, and a permanent audit trail. QMS2GO is not represented as a validated 21 CFR Part 11 system; organizations subject to FDA requirements should evaluate their own Part 11 applicability and validation scope during implementation.
Related reading: the ISO 9001 standard explained, our full feature list, and ISO 9001 certification for manufacturers.
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