by Carl Mueller | Jul 4, 2020 | Tips
Of course, not every vendor is skilled at document control. Whether they provide you a list of documents (fabrication vendors), or you help them by auto-generating the full list of required docs (instrument & valves vendors) DocBoss helps you track missing... by Carl Mueller | Jun 25, 2020 | Document Control
One of the more frustrating aspects of document control involves the manual nature of the work. In our recent Supplier vs EPC survey, we discovered that the single most important factor to EPC respondents is accuracy and formatting of the data they receive. One aspect... by Carl Mueller | Jun 22, 2020 | Tips
When submitting many documents and many pages, it is often beneficial to add headers and footers to every submitted page. While working on each individual document can be extremely time-consuming (and error prone) DocBoss allows you to simple define what data fields... by Carl Mueller | Jun 17, 2020 | Document Control
How can the EPCs that you serve provide better information to you up front before the start of a project? EPCs should take more care to trim vendor data requirement lists (VDRL), prior to inclusion in RFPs. Supplier experience sees irrelevant document requirements... by Carl Mueller | Jun 12, 2020 | Document Control
In some industries, it’s a passive component at the end of a job. For others it’s a key deliverable. If you are a manufacturer of process equipment, creating, managing and submitting documentation consumes an inordinate amount of time. The manufacturing... by Carl Mueller | Jun 8, 2020 | Tips
A lack of proper execution leads directly to more stringent submission requirements on the next project. It is our assumption that formal procedures are not common at supplier organizations. We suggest suppliers need to put more focus on building formal document... by Carl Mueller | Jun 5, 2020 | Document Control
In our experience, companies have differing views on documentation depending on their customers’ requirements and how much documentation they are required to provide at the end of projects. Our document control survey showed that EPCs don’t choose suppliers... by Carl Mueller | May 26, 2020 | Document Control
Every company submitting documents to an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partner faces the same problems: large volumes of manual work, coupled with complex (or unclear) expectations and procedures. This often leads to time-consuming rework,... by Carl Mueller | May 11, 2020 | Blog
The COVID-19 virus has negatively affected trade on a global basis and the process equipment business is no different. While many companies have temporarily shut down, others are remaining open and have turned to a new line of business to help deal with the ongoing... by Carl Mueller | May 9, 2020 | Blog
Reports Monitor has produced a new research report covering the Global Actuators and Valves Market forecasted for 2020-25 and also covering the recent time period of 2015-19. The report takes into account the current COVID-19 conditions. The report includes all major...
