
DocBoss case study for Tundra Process Solutions
Is your document control work at the point where you know you have to do something to improve it, but…
How do your document control processes compare to how others are doing it?
When speaking with document controllers, they typically mention that they currently use one of several applications to handle their document control work with various levels of success, namely Microsoft Excel, AutoDesk Vault, Sharepoint or QDMS.
Most of these apps are non-document control specific while others might have some document control functionality.
Check out our comparison page to see specific pros and cons of each and how DocBoss compares.
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application that is clearly non-document control specific and requires you to manually update files using publicly accessed folders with no submittal or other document-control specific functionality.
Autodesk Vault is a data management tool that helps design teams track work in progress and maintain version control in multi-user environments. Autodesk focuses on managing design assets and the relationships between design assets i.e. CAD data management. They don’t get into submittals, workflows to the extent that DocBoss does. Vault is a client server application with a SQL database and Autodesk Data Management Server (ADMS) applications installed on a Windows-based server.
Sharepoint is a web application associated with Intranet, content management and document management that organizations use to create websites and to store, organize, share, and access information between different staff members from almost any device. Users can work with others on the same document at the same time so the focus of Sharepoint is really about collaboration and sharing of information not on document control and submission. Sharepoint is an application that Microsoft has closely integrated with its MS Office suite with an Office-like interface.
QDMS is a PC and LAN-based document control application for engineering and construction firms. The software is installed on your company server so up front sunk costs can be higher since the software is purchased outright, it is maintained by your IT staff, and upgrades must be purchased as they are released.
DocBoss is an application that was designed specifically for project document control. DocBoss helps you meet customer specifications for managing and submitting documentation to engineering firms and other use user organizations. The document control function requires activities that document management systems normally don’t provide such as merging of two of more previously and independently released documents or updates to them. In a nutshell, DocBoss helps process equipment suppliers take away the pain of document control. Plus, DocBoss helps to tighten up your document control processes and bring structure to your work.
Rather than discussing all the things that these other apps don’t do, here’s a list of some of the things that DocBoss does do to help document controllers make their lives easier. You can compare this to what you require in your day-to-day work and see how DocBoss stacks up to your current document control processes.
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