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It takes about two minutes. We read every application ourselves, and we reply to applications within 2 working days, then arrange everything around your site's schedule.","Register interest for the next round","Every place is taken. Leave your details and we will be in touch when the next round opens.",{"name":163,"email":166,"company":171,"jobTitle":173,"phone":176,"site":179,"sector":183,"staff":193,"brcgs":200,"firstCheck":209,"recording":212},{"label":164,"missing":165},"Full name","Enter your full name, so we know who we are replying to.",{"label":167,"help":168,"missing":169,"malformed":170},"Work email","This is where the reply goes.","Enter your work email address, so we have somewhere to reply to.","This does not look like an email address. Check it reads like name@company.com, with one @ and a dot in the part after it.",{"label":95,"missing":172},"Enter the name of your company.",{"label":174,"missing":175},"Job title","Enter your job title, so we know who we will be talking to.",{"label":177,"help":178},"Phone","Only if you would rather we rang you.",{"label":180,"help":181,"missing":182},"Site town or postcode","Where the site the pilot would run on is.","Enter the town or postcode of the site, so we know where it is.",{"label":184,"choose":185,"options":186,"missing":192},"What does the site make?","Choose one",[187,188,189,190,191],"Food and drink","Packaging","Chemicals or pharmaceuticals","Engineering or metalwork","Something else","Choose what the site makes.",{"label":194,"choose":185,"options":195,"missing":199},"Roughly how many people work on the site?",[196,197,198],"Under 50","50–249","250+","Choose roughly how many people work on the site.",{"label":201,"choose":185,"options":202,"missing":208},"Is the site audited against a standard?",[203,204,205,206,207],"BRCGS","ISO 9001","Another standard","Working towards one","Not at the moment","Choose whether the site is audited against a standard.",{"label":210,"help":211},"Which check would you most like off paper?","A line is plenty, for example a label check or a metal detector check.",{"label":213,"choose":185,"options":214},"How are quality checks recorded today?",[215,216,217],"Mostly paper","Mix of paper and digital","Mostly digital","Optional","Opcela uses these details to assess your application, arrange the Quality Evidence Walk and, if every place is taken, tell you when the next round opens. Our lawful basis is legitimate interests, so there is nothing to tick and you can object at any time.","Step one is a free half-day Quality Evidence Walk. Keep the write-up either way.",{"label":158,"labelWhenFull":222,"pending":223},"Register interest","Sending","There is a problem with this form","Thanks. We will be in touch within 2 working days to arrange a call at a time that suits you.","Your application could not be sent. Check your connection and try again, or write to us directly at the address below.","Pilot programme application","Pilot programme, interest in the next round","Not given",{"heading":231,"intro":232},"Who you will work with","You work directly with the person who built Opcela Quality, from the first conversation to your first scan.",{},{"show":152,"eyebrow":235,"heading":236,"text":240,"scarcity":241,"action":242,"close":243},"Opcela Quality pilot programme",{"lead":237,"mark":238,"second":239},"Only {total} FREE","FREE","Pilot Places","We are taking on {total} manufacturing sites to trial Opcela Quality: automated checks and handheld scanning in place of paper check sheets.","Only {left} places available, because that is all we can handle right now. Places are offered by fit, not first come first served.",{"label":158,"to":109},"Close",{"total":245,"left":245},5,"Free, because handheld scanning is new and we want five sites to shape it with us. 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A\nspreadsheet is very good at holding what somebody typed. It has nothing to say about whether\nthe reading was right when it was typed, whether the cell was changed afterwards, or where\nthe approval went.",[259,271,273],{"id":272},"where-the-spreadsheet-stops-working","Where the spreadsheet stops working",[264,275,276],{},"Most quality control spreadsheet templates are the same sheet: a row per check, a column for\nthe reading, the limit, the initials and the date. It starts as an Excel quality tracking\nspreadsheet somebody built in an afternoon, and it is genuinely useful for a while. 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