In today’s intense and increasingly competitive market, companies in every industry are constantly challenged. They need to deal with global suppliers, short operating margins, and strict regulations, in addition to managing both risks and the increasing pressure to accelerate time to market (TTM). There is a disconnect between how companies usually think about quality and the way they architect IT systems to support quality. The Quality Management System (QMS) is frequently still supported by stand-alone applications or even by fully manual and paper-based systems. Many quality leaders are finding their quality management system is limited in supporting efforts to achieve or sustain market leadership.