Ongoing advisory access and a purpose-built tool suite to keep your quality system current, audit-ready, and continuously improving — without the cost of a full-time quality manager. Structured as a monthly subscription with defined access and a toolkit that does the heavy lifting.
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Certification solves the audit problem. It doesn't solve the maintenance problem. These are the recurring pain points I built the subscription to address.
Annual internal audits are required. But if no one on your team is audit-trained — or you do this once a year and nothing else — the preparation alone eats days. The Audit Planning Tool handles the risk analysis and question generation. I'm available for the debrief.
A CAR opened in January gets closed on paper in February and forgotten by April. When the registrar arrives, the effectiveness verification is missing and the root cause never got to root. The CAR + Root Cause Tool builds the correct workflow. The advisory access keeps it from drifting.
Someone was trained. Six months ago. In a meeting that wasn't documented. The Training Manager captures requirements and completions continuously — so the matrix exists when the auditor asks, not after a frantic week trying to reconstruct it.
A spreadsheet that nobody updates until something is overdue. An out-of-tolerance event that should have triggered a nonconformance but didn't. The Calibration Manager runs the schedule automatically and flags what needs attention before it becomes an audit finding.
The owner or operations manager carries the QMS on top of everything else. When something goes wrong — a customer complaint, a supplier failure, a nonconformance before a surveillance audit — there's no one to call. The subscription changes that.
A special process requirement on a PO. A first article inspection that wasn't flagged. A traceability requirement buried in a note field. The Customer Requirements Flow-Down Tool catches these before they reach the floor — and before they reach the customer.
Each tier is designed for a specific stage of your QMS maturity. Start where you are.
Currently in pre-launch — charter members lock in these rates permanently when the subscription opens.
For shops building toward certification or just getting oriented on AS9100 or ISO 9001 compliance.
For certified shops maintaining their QMS and managing ongoing operations without a full-time quality hire.
For shops in active implementation, managing multiple product lines, or preparing for customer audits year-round.
For certified shops that need annual maintenance and audit support but aren't ready for a monthly subscription. Positioned as the minimum responsible commitment for any certified organization — not as a budget alternative. Fixed-scope engagement with defined deliverables.
The framing matters. A QMS software platform gives you a place to put your quality data. This subscription gives you access to someone who has spent three decades building and maintaining quality systems in aerospace — and a set of tools built around that expertise.
The tools work because of the expertise behind them. The Gap Analysis Tool doesn't generate generic compliance questions — it generates questions based on aerospace QMS experience. The CAR Root Cause Tool validates logic against the 3-Legged 5-Why methodology used in aerospace corrective action, not a generic problem-solving framework.
When something goes wrong before your registrar audit, you're not opening a help ticket. You're calling Clayton.
| Dimension | Generic QMS Platform | The QMS Collective |
|---|---|---|
| Who you work with | Support tickets, chat bots, help docs | Clayton Kuehl directly — every call, every question |
| Tool basis | General quality management software adapted for aerospace | Built specifically for AS9100 and ISO 9001 compliance |
| AI application | Productivity features applied to quality workflows | Applied where it reduces genuine compliance burden — absent where it doesn't |
| When something goes wrong | Help center articles and support queue | Direct access to a senior aerospace QMS expert |
| Pricing target | Enterprise pricing — built for organizations with quality departments | Priced for the 5–75 employee shop without a full-time quality hire |
Schedule a free 30-minute call. Tell me where your shop is — recently certified, preparing for surveillance, struggling with a specific area — and I'll recommend the right starting point. If none of the tiers fit, I'll tell you that too.
No pitch. No obligation.