The season to review
In many parts of the country, the weather restricts and dictates paving activities and drives paving crews and laboratory staff to catch up on maintenance, training activities, and, yes,... Read more
R18LabQMS – V2.9 development release notes
Brainstorming for V2.9 was joined by our first Collaboration Team established in Q3 2023, made up of power users to bring new ideas and perspectives to R18LabQMS by having... Read more
Common questions and AASHTO re:source Technical Exchange update
In this post we will be going over common questions that are frequently asked, but first, I have a few quick comments about the recent AASHTO re:source Technical Exchange... Read more
Benefits of satellite labs
Does your company have multiple laboratory locations that may or may not be accredited? Managing and assuring quality can be a challenge if there isn’t a standardized system and... Read more
2023 year-end wrap up, ASTM and more
In the latter part of 2023, we formed an R18LabQMS Collaboration Team (CT) to assist in the process of finalizing a proposal for the next upgrade to the application... Read more
2023 summary of upgrades and what’s coming
We are often asked how often we make upgrades to R18LabQMS. In this post, we will address this topic and summarize the upgrades and enhancements made for 2023, along... Read more
Creating and implementing equipment procedures 2
In the early development of the R18LabQMS application, creating equipment calibration, checks, standardization and maintenance procedures (EPs) needed to be a flexible process within the application to meet the... Read more
Creating and managing equipment procedures
I am often asked if all calibrations, standardizations, checks and maintenance equipment procedures (EPs) for major pieces are neatly organized and up-to-date in the R18LabQMS application? Well, unfortunately, they’re... Read more
Importing equipment and procedures
Arguably, equipment procedures (calibration, standardization, check, maintenance) are the most time-consuming and important part of any quality management system. Within our laboratory, we have 150+ pieces of equipment that... Read more
Maintaining your quality management system – an anniversary
With many labs, it is easy as the busy season approaches to put off maintaining a quality management system (QMS). One area that is arguably the most active and... Read more