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title: "Life Sciences Quality Control & Assurance"
slug: "life-sciences-quality-control-assurance"
tags: ["Introduction", "Life Sciences", "Quality Control and Assurance"]
updated: 2026-06-25T06:29:21Z
published: 2026-06-25T10:21:05Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/life-sciences-quality-control-assurance"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Life Sciences Quality Control & Assurance

STAEDEAN Life Sciences extends D365 F&SCM with the Life Sciences Quality Control & Assurance module, which provides pharma-specific features for Quality Control and Quality Management.

Among other features, Life Sciences Quality Control & Assurance introduces:

- [Quality order approval workflows](/life-sciences/docs/quality-order-approval-workflow) with a graphical interface, multiple levels of review, approval, and escalation, and a conditional release process.
- Streamlined sample management, [reduced testing](/life-sciences/docs/reduced-test-groups) policies, and accurate [sampling plans](/life-sciences/docs/item-sampling) based on a statistical approach.
- [Advanced specifications management](/life-sciences/docs/test-groups) (for example, versioning, optional test, statistical trend calculations).
- [Test criteria](/life-sciences/docs/test-criteria) based on mathematical calculations with multiple steps in compliance with US, EMEA, Latin American, and Japanese regulatory requirements.
- [Certificates of analysis/conformity](/life-sciences/docs/certificate-of-analysis-conformity).
- Robust integration to manage [stability studies](/life-sciences/docs/stability-study) and [environmental control](/life-sciences/docs/environmental-control) analytical services with project management.

The features described in this user guide are clustered by functional areas:

- [Quality control setup](/life-sciences/docs/quality-control-setup);
- [Quality management](/life-sciences/docs/quality-management)
- [Quality reports and inquiries](/life-sciences/docs/quality-reports-and-inquiries)
- [Data management framework](/life-sciences/docs/quality-control-and-assurance-data-management-framework)

## Related

- [Quality control setup](/quality-control-setup.md)
- [Quality management](/quality-management.md)
- [Quality reports and inquiries](/quality-reports-and-inquiries.md)
- [Data management framework](/quality-control-and-assurance-data-management-framework.md)
- [Quality order approval workflow](/quality-order-approval-workflow.md)
- [Reduced test groups](/reduced-test-groups.md)
- [Item sampling](/item-sampling.md)
- [Test groups](/test-groups.md)
- [Test criteria](/test-criteria.md)
- [Certificate of Analysis/Conformity](/certificate-of-analysis-conformity.md)
- [Stability study](/stability-study.md)
- [Environmental control](/environmental-control.md)
- [STAEDEAN Life Sciences - Introduction](/staedean-life-sciences-introduction.md)