FAQ

ARMATURE Fabric is a configurable, cloud-based accreditation and certification management software product, designed to help accreditation and certification bodies manage the full lifecycle of standards-based review processes in one centralized system. It supports activities such as applications, self-study and document submission, assessment and site visit management, peer review, issue and non-compliance tracking, decision-making, continuous improvement, appeals, reaccreditation, and certification workflows, while also providing stakeholder portals, workflow automation, task management, reporting, notifications, and integrations. In practice, ARMATURE Fabric helps accrediting and certifying bodies replace manual, email- and spreadsheet-driven processes with a more efficient, transparent, and scalable operating model that can be tailored through configuration rather than extensive custom development.

ARMATURE Fabric is used by accrediting and certifying bodies across a wide range of industries including healthcare, education, testing and inspection, engineering, veterinary, laboratory, and dental sectors. It supports organizations that conduct assessments, peer reviews, inspections, and compliance monitoring.

You can manage the full accreditation or certification lifecycle including applications, self-assessments, document submissions, reviewer assignments, on-site and virtual evaluations, findings and recommendations, reporting, and decision-making workflows.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric is built to be highly configurable and standards agnostic. You can tailor standards, forms, workflows, and user roles to reflect your unique accreditation or certification process without needing custom development.

Absolutely. ARMATURE Fabric supports both on-site and remote evaluations by enabling digital documentation, virtual collaboration, and secure access for reviewers and staff.

Security is a top priority. ARMATURE Fabric uses industry-standard encryption, role-based access controls, and robust audit logging to ensure data integrity and compliance with many privacy regulations.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric offers API-based integrations with common systems such as association management systems, CRMs, financial systems, payment processors, learning management systems, document management platforms, and identity management tools to ensure seamless data exchange.

Implementation timelines vary depending on complexity, but many clients are up and running in 6-12 months. ARMATURE provides implementation support, including requirements gathering, configuration, training, and go-live assistance.

ARMATURE offers live virtual training, onboarding support, train-the-trainer sessions, knowledge base articles, and responsive customer service. Your customer success manager, application support resources, and technical teams ensure ongoing success.

By automating manual processes, reducing paperwork, and centralizing all accreditation data in one system, ARMATURE Fabric helps reduce administrative burden, mitigate the risk of errors, and accelerate review cycles.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric is well-suited for managing both facility and product certification programs. It enables you to define certification criteria, manage applications, schedule and conduct inspections or audits, collect evidence, and issue certificates. The platform supports multi-site evaluations, product-level data tracking, and complex decision workflows, making it a strong fit for organizations certifying physical locations, products, or equipment.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric is highly effective for managing peer review processes. The platform supports configurable review workflows, secure submission and review of documents, assignment of reviewers based on expertise or conflict-of-interest rules, and collaborative feedback tools. It enables transparency, consistency, and traceability across all stages of the peer review cycle—making it ideal for accrediting bodies, academic programs, or regulatory agencies that rely on expert evaluations.

ARMATURE Fabric is a cloud-based solution hosted in a secure AWS environment, ensuring accessibility, scalability, and minimal infrastructure requirements.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric can be accessed through mobile browsers, allowing users to complete tasks such as document reviews, assessments, and checklist verifications on tablets or smartphones while in the field.

Absolutely. ARMATURE Fabric includes built-in reporting tools and dashboards that can be configured or customized to reflect KPIs, audit results, compliance gaps, and accreditation status. Reports can be exported and scheduled for automatic delivery. The software also includes ~40 out-of-the-box reports.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric is designed to support multi-jurisdictional and international organizations. It can be localized to reflect different regions’ standards, and multi-language support can be enabled to meet diverse operational needs.

ARMATURE Fabric is a scalable software product capable of supporting organizations and programs of all sizes—from small certification boards to large global accrediting bodies. You can add accreditation and certification programs as needed, and our unlimited user models gives you the flexibility to grow at your own pace.

The platform includes detailed role-based access controls. Administrators can define specific permissions for staff, reviewers, applicants, and other stakeholders to ensure users only access what is relevant to their role.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric includes a robust issues management module. It lets you document citations, corrective actions, or items of non-compliance. You can track findings, assign action owners, set deadlines, upload supporting documentation, and track resolution status through dashboards and alerts.

Users can upload documentation, images, and videos directly to criteria, forms, or assessments. The system supports version control, metadata tagging, and reviewer feedback, making evidence easy to manage and audit-ready.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric is designed to handle multiple programs concurrently, each with its own unique standards, workflows, and reviewers—ideal for organizations that manage diverse or multi-tiered accreditation schemes.

In addition to healthcare and education, ARMATURE Fabric is used in sectors such as veterinary, engineering, testing and inspection, laboratory, dental, law enforcement, and environmental certification—making it a versatile accreditation and certification solution.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric can support both accreditation and certification workflows within the same product environment. Organizations can manage multiple programs with distinct standards, forms, workflows, reviewer roles, and decision processes while maintaining centralized oversight and reporting.

Yes. ARMATURE works with clients to migrate relevant data from spreadsheets, shared drives, legacy databases, and prior systems into ARMATURE Fabric. Migration approaches vary by client, but can include historical applications, organization records, reviewer data, decisions, findings, and supporting documents.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric supports stakeholder-specific portal experiences so different user groups can access the tasks, forms, documents, and workflows relevant to their role. This helps simplify the user experience while maintaining appropriate security and visibility controls.

ARMATURE Fabric supports structured decision workflows by routing recommendations, findings, and case materials to the appropriate staff or committees for review. Decision-makers can access case history, supporting documentation, prior actions, and reviewer input in one place to improve consistency and transparency.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric includes workflow automation that can assign tasks, trigger notifications, send reminders, escalate overdue items, and keep processes moving without requiring manual follow-up from staff. While we are not able to automate all notifications using out-of-the-box functionality, we can build minor customizations to fill any gaps.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric provides dashboards that help staff monitor workload, upcoming deadlines, review progress, compliance trends, program status, and other operational KPIs. Dashboards can be tailored by role or function.

ARMATURE Fabric maintains a centralized record of key activities, documents, submissions, comments, decisions, and status changes. This creates a clear audit trail that helps organizations demonstrate consistency, accountability, and process integrity.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric can support reviewer assignment rules and process controls that help organizations manage conflicts of interest, reviewer eligibility, and appropriate separation of duties as part of the review and decision process.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric can support the generation of standardized communications and documents such as decision letters, notices, certificates, and other program correspondence using workflow-driven data and templates.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric is designed to support ongoing lifecycle management, including renewals, interim reporting, monitoring activities, reaccreditation, and recurring certification events. It helps organizations track timelines and maintain continuity across review cycles.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric can support organizations with multiple locations, programs, departments, or operational units. This is especially useful for accrediting or certifying bodies that need to evaluate entities with layered structures or multi-site operations.

ARMATURE Fabric allows organizations to configure forms, standards structures, field sets, validation rules, statuses, and workflow steps to align with their process requirements. This flexibility helps clients adapt the system as programs evolve over time.

ARMATURE Fabric is designed so many process and workflow changes can be handled through configuration rather than code. Depending on the client model, changes may be managed by trained client administrators, ARMATURE team members, or a combination of both.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric supports structured document submission and ongoing evidence management, helping organizations maintain the right materials in the right stage of the process while preserving visibility into updates and review history.

By centralizing standards, workflows, forms, findings, and decision records, ARMATURE Fabric helps organizations apply processes more consistently across reviewers, committees, and programs. This can reduce variability and improve fairness and defensibility.

Yes. ARMATURE Fabric is especially well suited for organizations that want to move away from fragmented, manual processes. It consolidates tasks, records, communications, documentation, and workflow tracking into one centralized system.