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MAKE THE SWITCH

Keep your standards. Move them where the work happens.

Switching to an active quality management system is not a rewrite of your QMS.

Your ITPs, your specifications and your hold points stay exactly as they are. What changes is that they arrive on-site with the activity instead of sitting in a folder.

Your QMS isn't wrong. It's just nowhere near the work.

Most Quality Management Systems describe what should happen and record what did.
They cannot reach the person fixing the boards, and they cannot stop the next trade starting.

Active Quality Management, supported by Sablono, changes that.

WHAT TO EXPECT

What actually changes, per person

A switch succeeds or fails on whether the crew uses it. Each of these is a change to one habit, not a new job.

Site teams and trades

The biggest behaviour change, and the smallest.

Stops

Working from a printed sheet, photographing on a personal phone, and filling in paperwork back in the cabin at the end of the day.

Starts

Scanning the room, seeing the checks for that activity, completing them on the spot. Most crews are productive the same day.

 

Quality managers

From chasing paperwork to reading a live picture.

Stops

Collating photographs, chasing signatures by email, and reconstructing what happened weeks after it did.

Starts

Publishing the requirement once, then working from one live view of open defects, held units and outstanding sign-offs.

Project managers

Quality becomes a programme input.

Stops

Finding out about a quality problem when it has already cost a week.


Starts

Seeing which units are held and why, in the same view as progress — and redirecting crews to rooms that are actually ready.

 
WHERE TO START

Pick the package that hurts

The first package should be one where a missed check has real consequences, and where the trades are on site long enough to feel the difference. These are where teams usually begin.

Firestopping

Concealed, high consequence, and impossible to evidence once it is covered. The clearest case for a hold point.

Internal fit-out

Repetitive units and many trades handing over to each other — where trade-to-trade acceptance pays back fastest.

Façade

Panel-by-panel quality data, and a package where a late-discovered defect means access equipment.

Remediation works

The evidence is the deliverable. Every step needs a record that stands up afterwards.

Structural

Hold points and witness points are already contractual. This is mostly moving them off paper.

Modular and prefabrication

Factory conditions and repeatable checks mean the template proves itself in weeks rather than months.

See what active quality management looks like

Experience how Sablono brings quality into the flow of work — without adding more admin for your site teams.
"Our workflows of quality control and progress monitoring have been hugely enhanced by Sablono’s capabilities. The platform provided Q ENERGY not only with operational efficiency but also with an essential audit trail to mitigate against future claims. It has also made real-time quality documentation and progress monitoring our standard."

 

Claudio Schlageter Team Leader Project Management
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RESULTS ARE IN

What teams report after switching

Sablono helps teams manage quality as work happens - reducing rework and creating confidence in every quality record.
92% of users say that Sablono helps give peace of mind around quality reporting
70% less rework, by getting it right first time rather than fixing it later
98% of users say Sablono gives them clarity around progress

Is Sablono right for you?

Tell our AI about your project and goals and get instant answers on how Sablono can help.

STRAIGHT ANSWERS

The six things people say before they switch

“Our trades won't use it.” Sablono is designed for the people doing the work. Site teams can access their work, complete required checks and capture photo evidence directly from their phones. Offline functionality keeps teams working where connectivity is limited, while simple, focused workflows help minimise training and adoption effort.
“We already have a snagging app.” Snagging tools help you record problems after they occur. Sablono goes further by connecting quality checks, issues and approvals to the actual flow of work. This helps teams identify problems earlier and ensures required quality gates are passed before following work progresses.
“Our QMS is certified. We can't just change it.” You don’t have to. Sablono digitises how your existing quality processes are delivered on site. Your ITPs, requirements and approval processes can be reflected in Sablono, helping ensure they are followed consistently while automatically creating a traceable record of inspections, evidence and approvals.
“We're mid-project.” That’s not a problem. Sablono can be introduced to live projects without starting again. Teams typically begin with upcoming work packages and apply the new quality process from that point forward, while existing records remain as they are.
“It's another system for people to feed.”

That’s exactly what Sablono is designed to avoid. Quality and progress are captured together as part of doing the work, rather than being reconstructed afterwards across spreadsheets and disconnected systems. One update creates visibility for site teams, quality teams and project management.