Complaints Management

Streamline Complaints Management by capturing, investigating, and resolving product complaints with speed, consistency, and full compliance. Keep patients safe, regulators confident, and your quality system airtight.

Complaints Management

Streamline Complaints Management by capturing, investigating, and resolving product complaints with speed, consistency, and full compliance. Keep patients safe, regulators confident, and your quality system airtight.

What is Complaints Management?

In the life sciences industry, product complaints are serious business. Every issue – from device malfunctions to adverse drug events, must be recorded, assessed, and resolved in accordance with strict regulatory requirements.
Quality Forward’s eQMS gives you a centralized system for managing the full complaint lifecycle. From intake to investigation to resolution, everything is tracked, traceable, and ready for inspection.

Key Capabilities: Complaints Management System

Smart Routing & Prioritization

Automatically triage complaints based on severity, product category, or geography.

Connected Investigations

Link each complaint to relevant CAPAs, deviations, or change controls for full traceability.

Built-In Compliance Controls

Ensure alignment with FDA 21 CFR Part 820/211, ISO 13485, EU MDR, and other global standards.

Key Benefits of Complaints Management

Faster Complaint Intake

Capture complaints from any source - field reps, patients, or distributors - with simple forms

Automated Workflows

Route complaints for triage, investigation, and QA review automatically

Root Cause + CAPA Integration

Link complaints directly to investigations and follow-up actions

Audit-Ready Documentation

Capture everything in one place - responses, records, approvals, and timelines

Compliance at Every Step

Meet FDA, ISO, and EU regulatory requirements with built-in controls

Customer and Patient Safety

Ensure timely resolutions and continuous improvement across your product lines

6 Reasons Why Quality Forward is Right For You

Easily customize forms, workflows, and escalation paths – no IT needed

Built for startups, scaling biotechs, and global manufacturers alike

Designed for pharma, biotech, and medical device teams navigating FDA, EMA, and ISO audits

Automatically detect high-risk areas and recurring incident patterns

Enterprise-grade infrastructure for speed, security, and stability

Maintain full traceability and validation for 21 CFR Part 11, 820, ISO 13485, and EU MDR

How Complaints Management Works in Quality Forward eQMS

Capture the Complaint

Use structured intake forms to collect all required complaint details up front

Triage and Route Automatically

Assign based on product, severity, market, or regulatory requirements

Investigate the Issue

Document findings, root cause, and related product records

Trigger Corrective Actions

Open CAPAs directly from the complaint record to ensure timely follow-up

Analyze and Improve

Spot recurring issues by product, region, or supplier with built-in analytics

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