DocBoss workflow features ensure that you can handle various use issue purposes that your projects call for such as IFA (Issued for Approval), IFC (Issued for Construction), As-built and more. The graphic above shows an overview of some of the main tasks that DocBoss...

How difficult is it for you to produce custom databooks at the end of projects for your customers? The above table shows you the main benefits of DocBoss compared to other popular options. Unlike other non document control-specific options, DocBoss was designed...

In case you missed it, document control training company Consepsys released their yearly document control survey several months ago for 2020. Survey facts right from the Consepsys website: The survey is a benchmark of Document Control professionals remunerations,...

How capable are you of supplying each of your customers with the exact custom documentation they require at the end of projects? Engineering companies each have their own submittal rules. From using their document codes and statuses, to their coversheets,...

Purchasers often define the type of documents that vendors must supply as part of the supply contract. The Vendor Document Requirements (or VDR) is the list of those document types. Each line typically includes a document code, description, and delivery timeline (e.g....

The frustration (and additional cost) arrives when each and every minor mistake/variation trigger the document rejection / resubmission process. A lack of empowerment at the document control function leads to frustration in the supplier community. Further, once a...

The following are 7 action oriented suggestions for both Suppliers and EPCs based on our survey results and our own observations of current gaps. Establish more rigorous internal document control procedures. If you have no processes, take what you get from an EPC and...

DocBoss allows you to define a larger workflow for each document code. Maybe drawings must be issued as IFA, then IFC, then As-Built – BUT, what about calibration certificates? Surely those are only issued as IFR or IFI. DocBoss allows you to assign a default workflow...

Having a structured numbering convention is a critical piece of successful document control. In many supply contracts, suppliers are asked to provide their own number, but also to pre-number the customer’s number field based on a defined convention. DocBoss users can...

How difficult is it for you to create and manage your document list over time as project documents get added, deleted and amended? Is this work done automatically or is it another annoying manual task you must take part in for the duration of each project? Of specific...

Having a structured numbering convention is a critical piece of successful document control. In many supply contracts, suppliers are asked to provide their own number, but also to pre-number the customer’s number field based on a defined convention. DocBoss users can...