Webinar Replay – Audit Manager Winter 2026 Release
QualityAI was pleased to announce “LUQA”, as well as a number of new features and enhancements, at our Winter Release Webinar in January 2026.
LUQA stands for Last Universal Quality Archetype, and is a unified, purpose-built AI model for manufacturing quality.
It is what makes the difference between AI “hype” and a specifically-engineered AI engine that provides accuracy and repeatability.
Here are some of the other topics we discussed – we always like to provide links to the “highlights” if you only have a few minutes to watch this recording:
06:08 Discussion of the Product Audit Scoring Agent (PASA) – VDA 6.5 example
06:44 Discussion of System Audit Compliance Agent (SACA) – an AI-powered “co-auditor” for IATF 16949 system audits
11:45 Technical overview of LUQA (Last Universal Quality Archetype) – showing how we deliver accuracy and consistency without sharing confidential company information … or hallucinations
33:52 Drill-down into how the AI is able to bring relevant information and action items to a specific finding, such as reformulation, applicable standards, short-term remediation, root cause analysis, final recommended wording for audit report, and much more (see full bulleted list below)
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*** Timings for all topics in the video can be found below ***
If you’re able to spend a little more time, here are all of the topics so you can see what’s relevant to you:
01:35 Introduction and background of host, Karoly Kali (“Karesz”)
02:24 Agenda
02:59 Karesz’s presentation starts
04:42 QualityAI Audit Manager functional additions to the solution
06:08 Discussion of the Product Audit Scoring Agent (PASA) – VDA 6.5 example
06:44 Discussion of System Audit Compliance Agent (SACA) – AI-powered “co-auditor” for IATF 16949 system audits
10:40 Core capabilities and Value of SACA
11:45 Technical overview of LUQA (Last Universal Quality Archetype) – showing how we deliver accuracy and consistency without sharing confidential company information … or hallucinations
14:15 Real-world use cases of LUQA
16:22 Live demonstration starts
17:28 Product audit demonstration on mobile phone
23:20 Review of report from product audit, and AI Analysis Insights
25:15 Quick review of product audit template showing setup and options
26:33 System audit demonstration begins
30:54 AI evaluation of a sample CQI document, to have it assist in creating 10 questions in an LPA format based on that document
33:04 AI analysis report of the earlier system audit
33:52 Drill-down into how the AI is able to bring relevant information and action items to a specific finding, such as:
37:13 Q&A session starts – first question is “how can we try the solution?”
38:12 Contact information for Karesz
38:20 Question about 2026 IATF update – if QualityAI can support
39:43 Question about business setup and structure, permissions
41:21 Question about whether QualityAI is a QMS or not (it is not)
It is what makes the difference between AI “hype” and a specifically-engineered AI engine that provides accuracy and repeatability.
Here are some of the other topics we discussed – we always like to provide links to the “highlights” if you only have a few minutes to watch this recording:
06:08 Discussion of the Product Audit Scoring Agent (PASA) – VDA 6.5 example
06:44 Discussion of System Audit Compliance Agent (SACA) – an AI-powered “co-auditor” for IATF 16949 system audits
11:45 Technical overview of LUQA (Last Universal Quality Archetype) – showing how we deliver accuracy and consistency without sharing confidential company information … or hallucinations
33:52 Drill-down into how the AI is able to bring relevant information and action items to a specific finding, such as reformulation, applicable standards, short-term remediation, root cause analysis, final recommended wording for audit report, and much more (see full bulleted list below)
====================
*** Timings for all topics in the video can be found below ***
If you’re able to spend a little more time, here are all of the topics so you can see what’s relevant to you:
01:35 Introduction and background of host, Karoly Kali (“Karesz”)
02:24 Agenda
02:59 Karesz’s presentation starts
04:42 QualityAI Audit Manager functional additions to the solution
06:08 Discussion of the Product Audit Scoring Agent (PASA) – VDA 6.5 example
06:44 Discussion of System Audit Compliance Agent (SACA) – AI-powered “co-auditor” for IATF 16949 system audits
10:40 Core capabilities and Value of SACA
11:45 Technical overview of LUQA (Last Universal Quality Archetype) – showing how we deliver accuracy and consistency without sharing confidential company information … or hallucinations
14:15 Real-world use cases of LUQA
16:22 Live demonstration starts
17:28 Product audit demonstration on mobile phone
23:20 Review of report from product audit, and AI Analysis Insights
25:15 Quick review of product audit template showing setup and options
26:33 System audit demonstration begins
30:54 AI evaluation of a sample CQI document, to have it assist in creating 10 questions in an LPA format based on that document
33:04 AI analysis report of the earlier system audit
33:52 Drill-down into how the AI is able to bring relevant information and action items to a specific finding, such as:
- reformulation
- applicable standards
- significance of the result to the organization
- immediate containment actions
- short-term remediation
- root cause analysis
- systemic corrective actions
- verification of effectiveness and validation
- customer/product safety assessment
- closure evidence required
- suggested timeframe summary
- recommended classification of the finding
- final recommended wording for audit report
37:13 Q&A session starts – first question is “how can we try the solution?”
38:12 Contact information for Karesz
38:20 Question about 2026 IATF update – if QualityAI can support
39:43 Question about business setup and structure, permissions
41:21 Question about whether QualityAI is a QMS or not (it is not)
