How important is having a single system for everyone to collaborate on all things quality
In this video, Erica expresses her enthusiasm for the collaborative aspect of Unifize, emphasizing its effectiveness in facilitating smooth teamwork without overlapping efforts. She appreciates the platform's ability to connect various departments, including their contract manufacturer, which she frequently mentions in relation to finished good lots. Erica highlights how Unifize streamlines communication, particularly with the contract manufacturer, offering a quicker and more efficient alternative to email or other methods. She notes that other departments also find value in Unifize for accessing files and information. Erica acknowledges some challenges in getting everyone to adapt to a new system but is optimistic about the ongoing efforts of the quality team to improve collaboration across teams. She believes that embracing Unifize will greatly enhance overall efficiency and productivity within the company. This video showcases Unifize's role in promoting effective inter-departmental collaboration and communication.
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00:00 - 00:05
I love that. I love the the idea of collaboration and utilizing like maybe one system for everyone to kind of collaborate and not kind of step on each other's toes, so to speak.



00:05 - 00:15
So there's a few departments that we collaborate with and we collaborate with our contract manufacturer as well.



00:15 - 00:23
But that's the main one. And I know I keep going back to finish good lot. That's the main one that we collaborate with, where it's just everything is very, you know, it makes everything just easy, kind of somewhat seamless.



00:23 - 00:48
Because if it's information that I need from the contract manufacturer, I can contact them in Unifize and they'll get it to me as opposed to, like I said, an email or some other method of getting in touch with them.



00:48 - 00:52
The response is quick is very quick in terms of getting that, are some other departments that can utilize Unifize as well.



00:53 - 01:11
That's helpful for them if they need to access a file or something of that nature, that access is available for them to to use. It's a little tough kind of getting other people to use a different system sometimes.



01:11 - 01:21
I think our quality team is kind of working on that, improving the collaboration with other teams as well, because it'll definitely benefit everyone and making sure that we're as overall as a company, staying efficient.

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But what we've known from what I experience was, is we were able to get there with the system. We still there with the system. The system has what is needed to provide us what we're looking for, because every company, admittedly, is trying to get compliant. If we educate people, if we get people the education that they need and to get over the fear factor, I think 90% of those things can be resolved because most people will go to what they're most familiar with.What I worked with from a different company, but they're not willing to sit down and look at what the demographics are saying. People are into social media now. People are moving fast into fast paced world. But technologies are still antiquated. So there's a disconnect here, right? So while we're moving at a fast pace at home with dragging at work, so why can't we continue that speed while we at work?If your supplier has issues and you're not informed on time, you want to have an alternate supplier in place. If your suppliers are not qualified, you may not know that that needs to happen. And so when you have an integrated system that speaks to itself and is giving you all this data, you literally have the pulse of the organization in your hands as an executive at a money bound access.

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