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See where you stand with the Inspection Readiness Assessment™
Know where your quality system is strong, and where to look first. The Akatalyst Inspection Readiness Assessment™ is a free, 3–5 minute self-assessment from Akatalyst, the company behind QMSdesk™. It profiles your quality maturity, adjusted for the complexity of your environment, and shows your results straight away.
- 3–5 minutes
- No registration required
- Results on screen as soon as you finish
What the inspection readiness assessment covers
It starts with your environment, then looks at maturity and at how your quality system works in practice.
Your environment
Your industry and stage, how many sites and products you have, the regulators you answer to (FDA, EMA, MHRA, CDSCO and others), and how many systems hold your quality data.
Maturity, domain by domain
- Documentation and records governance
- Quality system governance
- Training, competency and knowledge
- Validation and data integrity
- Inspection preparedness and self-assessment
How it works in practice
- Evidence and traceability
- Closure and timeliness discipline
- Governance in practice
How it works
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Describe your environment
A few questions set the complexity your quality system has to carry.
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Answer by domain
Each domain asks how your quality system runs today.
- 3
See your profile
Your maturity profile appears on screen, with no sign-up.
- 4
Get the detailed report, if you want it
Leave your contact details only if you'd like the full report by email.
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A note on method
The assessment is based on your own answers. It gives you a maturity profile and a place to start, not a verdict on how an inspection would go. For a calibrated baseline, an Akatalyst practitioner can assess your quality system with you.
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Beyond an FDA inspection readiness checklist
A checklist tells you what an inspector may ask for. The assessment shows how well your quality system produces it: whether evidence traces, actions close on time and governance works in practice. Want the checklist too? Read Akatalyst's GxP inspection readiness checklist.
From your results to your next step
With Akatalyst
Akatalyst's Independent Auditing & GxP Assurance practice aims to improve inspection resilience through independent assurance and CAPA closure rigor. Its Inspection Readiness Program brings diagnostics, mock inspections and CAPA governance. Akatalyst's advisory practice is led by a founder with 25 years in regulated life-sciences quality.
With QMSdesk
- Inspection Readiness is one of five Command Center views, and every figure opens the records behind it.
- One register holds findings from every audit, so you can see every open finding in one place.
- CAPA is its own record, with effectiveness checks scaled to risk.
- Inspection View gives an inspector a time-boxed, read-only account that can view and export, and change nothing.
Questions buyers ask
How long does the inspection readiness assessment take?
Three to five minutes.
Do I need to register?
No. Your results appear on screen with no sign-up. You leave contact details only if you want the detailed report by email.
Does a high score mean we're ready for an inspection?
No score can tell you that. The assessment is a self-reported maturity profile. It shows your strengths and where to look first.
Who runs the assessment?
Akatalyst Technologies, the company behind QMSdesk. It runs on akatalyst.com.
Does it cover our regulators?
It asks which authorities you answer to, including FDA, EMA, MHRA and CDSCO, and adjusts for the complexity that brings.
Take stock, then take the next step
Five minutes gives you a profile. Bring one workflow, and we'll show you QMSdesk opening the evidence behind every figure.