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Connect GMP deviations, CAPA actions, evidence, and inspection-ready assurance

STREAM® Cloud helps pharmaceutical manufacturing quality teams connect deviations, investigations, CAPA actions, evidence, effectiveness checks, and review points in one configurable workspace — so follow-through is easier to see, defend, and report.

Why deviation-to-CAPA follow-through is hard to evidence

Deviation records, investigations, CAPA plans, CAPA actions, evidence, change impact, batch impact, and effectiveness checks often sit in different places. CAPAs can close administratively before proof is easy to retrieve or review.

Open deviations, unresolved impact assessments, or late evidence can complicate QP review, batch disposition, or release planning. Investigations, CAPA actions, and effectiveness checks can drift beyond due dates, and repeat deviations and recurrence signals can be hard to spot across products, areas, equipment, methods, or shifts.

Management review, PQR/APQR, inspection response, and overdue CAPA reviews often require manual reconciliation. Quality teams need a structured place to connect deviations, CAPA actions, evidence, and effectiveness checks — and to show inspection readiness without rebuilding the picture each time.

DeviationsInvestigationsRoot causeCAPA plansCAPA actionsEvidenceEffectiveness checksBatch impactChange impactRecurrence signals

From deviation to inspection-ready evidence

Moving from a deviation to inspection-ready evidence is about ownership, action follow-through, evidence packages, effectiveness checks, and visibility of recurrence.

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Deviation captured

Deviations, quality events, non-conformances, OOS/OOT, excursions, and discrepancies recorded in one structured place with the context reviewers expect.

02

Investigation and root cause

Investigation steps, root cause, impact assessment, containment, and batch impact captured alongside the deviation — not split across folders.

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CAPA owned

Corrective and preventive actions with named owners, due dates, status, and review points — so follow-through is visible, not assumed.

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Evidence attached

Source material captured against deviations, CAPA actions, and effectiveness checks, building an evidence package that is easy to retrieve and defend.

05

Effectiveness checked

Effectiveness checks linked back to the original CAPA so closure is supported by proof, not by administrative sign-off alone.

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Recurrence surfaced

Linked records make repeat deviations and recurrence signals easier to spot across products, areas, equipment, methods, or shifts.

How STREAM® Cloud helps quality teams

STREAM® Cloud gives quality teams a structured, configurable place to connect deviations, investigations, CAPA actions, evidence, and effectiveness checks — with controlled visibility and reports that update as data is entered.

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Structured records and configurable record types for deviations, investigations, CAPA actions, effectiveness checks, evidence, and assurance items

02

Configurable fields, with mandatory fields where required, so each register captures what your site quality system actually needs

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Registers and linked records that connect deviations to investigations, CAPA actions to evidence, and effectiveness checks back to the original CAPA

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Search across structured data so teams can find the right deviation, CAPA, evidence item, or recurrence signal quickly

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Action tracking with owners, due dates, status, review points, and evidence trails

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Dashboards and reports that update as data is entered, supporting site quality reviews and management review

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Exports for quality councils, management review, PQR/APQR, self-inspection, and audit commitment packs

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Permissions and controlled visibility so site, function, and corporate quality teams see what is relevant to them

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Audit history of changes to support governance, scrutiny, and accountability

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A guided product walkthrough so teams can see how the model fits their operating environment

STREAM® Cloud is not an eQMS, MES, LIMS, DMS, ERP, EBR, QP certification system, batch-release replacement, validated GMP compliance guarantee, automated GMP workflow engine, AI root-cause tool, predictive deviation trend detector, or external CMO / contract lab portal.

Related solution areas: Frameworks and Continuous Control Monitoring.

Who it is for

Pharmaceutical manufacturing quality teams

  • QA Directors
  • Site Quality Managers
  • GMP Compliance Leads
  • QA Operations leaders
  • Qualified Persons
  • Heads of QC
  • Manufacturing Directors
  • Engineering / Facilities Leads
  • Validation Leads
  • Regulatory CMC Leads
  • Global Quality Systems Leads
  • Third-Party Quality Managers
  • CMO Quality Managers
  • Internal Audit / Self-Inspection Leads

Teams responsible for deviation follow-through, CAPA evidence, effectiveness checks, and the assurance trail behind PQS, GMP, and data-integrity expectations — accountable for inspection readiness and management review.

Configurable around your operating model

Shaped to how your site quality system actually works

STREAM® Cloud is configurable around the site quality operating model. Configurable record types, fields, registers, linked records, permissions, and dashboards let teams shape the platform to existing structures rather than the other way around.

It is not an eQMS, MES, LIMS, DMS, ERP, EBR, or batch-release system — it is a structured place to connect deviations, CAPA actions, evidence, and effectiveness checks around how your site is organised.

Pathway

When STREAM® Classic may be needed

STREAM® Cloud is the right starting point for most quality teams. Some organisations later need capabilities that sit in STREAM® Classic.

STREAM® Classic is the pathway for:

  • Configurable automations
  • Messaging and alerting
  • APIs
  • Advanced modelling
  • Quantitative analysis
  • Complex data sets
  • More mature or enterprise-scale requirements

Foundation

Built on STREAM® Cloud

Structured records, configurable record types and fields, registers, linked records, search, dashboards, exports, permissions, audit history, action tracking, evidence, and controlled visibility — the foundations quality teams need to connect deviations, CAPA actions, evidence, and inspection-ready assurance.

See how STREAM® Cloud supports deviation-to-CAPA evidence tracking

Walk through how your team could connect deviations, CAPA actions, evidence, and effectiveness checks in one configurable workspace.