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title: "How 30 Technology found the perfect eQMS for faster, smarter quality management"
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description: 30 Technology needed an eQMS that would embed complete medical device and pharmaceutical compliance while paying for itself. They turned to Qualio.
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## How 30 Technology found the perfect eQMS for faster, smarter quality management

## About 30 Technology

[30 Technology](https://30.technology/) is a UK-based developer of therapeutic nitric oxide products.

With a medical device in development and laboratory-driven pharmaceutical products as well, 30 Technology has a complex double regulatory landscape to navigate.

Key operational standards include:

- ISO 13485
- ISO 14155
- UK Medical Devices Regulations 2002
- UK Statutory Instruments
- FDA and EU Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

## The challenge

30 Technology has two products in development for the market.

But a heavily paper-based QMS meant a slew of time-heavy manual processes which cluttered and complicated compliance, as Head of Quality &[GxP](/blog/gxp) Compliance Karen Hue discovered when she joined the business.

> Everything was very paper-based. It would be: creating a document, signing it, having to distribute it somehow without any real control. There was no metadata to tell me who'd got it and what version it was.
>
> — Karen Hue, Head of Quality & GxP Compliance, 30 Technology

## The solution

Two weeks after joining 30 Technology in November 2020, Karen led the search for an [electronic quality management system](/)(eQMS) and approached three vendors after a Google search.

Karen was impressed by Qualio and had a detailed discussion about how Qualio's software would fit into 30 Technology's operation, including cost, users and scalability potential.

After a rapid implementation and validation process, Karen and 30 Technology's Qualio system went live in mid-December and was christened Fort NOx: a nod to Qualio's security credentials and 30 Technology's nitrous oxide product base.

By January, all users were fully trained and accessing Qualio on a daily basis - less than two months after Karen's search began.

## The results

Qualio delivered dramatic operational results for Karen and the 30 Technology team.

> We run virtually our entire company through Qualio. You don't realize that it would've taken half a day to do what you're now doing in 5 minutes.
>
> — Karen Hue, Head of Quality & GxP Compliance, 30 Technology

Karen achieved ISO 13485 certification within just 6 months by integrating her entire quality management system into Qualio, cutting hours of admin time from her working week and saving 3 full-time salaries from 30 Technology's bottom line.

## Hear from Karen

## See why Karen chose us for her ISO 13485 journey