V5 Ultimate
Step 04 · Shop-floor execution

QC releaseyour reviewer sees only what failed.

By the time a batch reaches QC, every signed step has already rolled up. Your reviewer reviews-by-exception, signs, and releases — with the deviations and CAPAs already linked.

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Signals from the floor

What changes once QC review-by-exception & batch release is live.

Indicative ranges from V5 pilot deployments. Your numbers will land near these once the workflow is operator-led and e-signed at the step.

Right-first-time release
0.0%
spec-bound, two-eyes signed
Avg. lot release time
60.0 hr
down from 2.5 days
OOS investigations open
24
all routed to CAPA, none silent
CoA send-out
0%
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Before / after

What changes the day you switch this on.

Before V5
  • QA reviews every batch line-by-line — release queue keeps growing.

  • Manual, paper-driven, and only audited after the fact.

  • Tribal knowledge in spreadsheets and shared drives.

  • Wet-ink signatures collected hours after the work happened.

With V5
  • Review-by-exception queue

  • Deviation + CAPA built in

  • CoA from real data

  • Two-signature release

What you actually get

Operator-led, e-signed, immutable. Engineered for regulated manufacturers — not retrofitted.

Review-by-exception queue

Pass-pass-pass batches are one click. Anything out-of-spec is highlighted with the failing data point.

Deviation + CAPA built in

Out-of-tolerance events open structured deviations linked to operator, equipment, lot and step.

CoA from real data

Customer CoAs are generated from the actual measured values — not retyped from a binder.

Two-signature release

Where 211.165 / 111.123 require it, the kiosk enforces second e-sig before status moves to Released.

V5

Curious how this lands in your environment?

AI inside QC release

Where AI actually earns its place.

AI does the sorting work of review-by-exception — reading every rolled-up step and putting the two that matter in front of the reviewer, with the CoA already drafted from real measured values.

  1. 01

    Exception queue ranked, not just listed

    AI ranks open exceptions by regulatory weight and product impact and groups repeats from the same line or lot, so the reviewer's first click lands on the thing worth ten minutes, not the thing worth thirty seconds.

    Reviewers stop scrolling clean steps to find the two that aren't.

  2. 02

    Deviation narrative drafted from step data

    For any out-of-tolerance result routed to a deviation, AI writes the first draft of the narrative — equipment, lot, operator, timestamp, and any prior occurrence on the same line — for QA to edit and own.

    Typical deviation write-up drops from ~40 minutes to a few minutes of review.

  3. 03

    Customer CoA drafted from measured values

    AI assembles the CoA from the batch's actual recorded results against the customer's specification template, so the reviewer checks a draft instead of retyping numbers from a binder.

What AI never does

AI never releases a batch and never applies the second signature that 211.165 or 111.123 require. It ranks, drafts and explains; the release decision is always made and signed by an authorised human.

What this leaves behind

One operator action — a complete, signed record.

Built-in evidence

What it leaves behind

  • CAPA backlog visible per area
  • Audit-trail entries on every status change
  • Auditor portal — read-only login per batch
Regulatory anchor

The clauses this satisfies

21 CFR 211.165 (release testing)21 CFR 111.123 (QC roles)ISO 13485 §8.3
Engineered on
21 CFR Part 11 e-signatures
Immutable audit trail
Multi-tenant RLS isolation
GS1-128 license plates
Two-way ERP adapters
Common questions

What buyers ask before they switch on QC release.

Got questions, or want to see it on your shop floor?

Ask V5 — our code-aware assistant — or spin up a workspace. Both are free.