The DocBoss Blog
What Came First?
Do more experienced document controllers demand more sophisticated systems, or are these skilled people gravitating to companies that already have better tools in place? So, what came first? The chicken or the egg? Some interesting stats from our document control...
How Many Does It Take?
No, this is not a take-off on the old “how many engineers does it take to change a light bulb” but rather how do we determine how many Document Controllers it takes to staff a project. In some senses, this question does not have an empirical answer but it is common to...
5 Key Benefits All Document Control Systems Should Have
As a supplier of process equipment you rely heavily on your project document control processes to keep organized and on top of critical projects and timelines. What if you could spend less time manually creating, tracking and submitting documents and more time on...
How Do You Handle the Document Controller Function?
The entry of new people to the Document Controller profession was the topic of recent discussion in the LinkedIn Document Control Specialist group. Comments focused on the level of training and experience one should have before their peers consider them a true...
Cloud Computing Update for 2020
Back in November, we spoke about cloud computing trends for 2020. One high level takeaway from this post was that 83% of enterprise workloads are expected to be in the cloud in 2020. Hosted cloud-based applications like DocBoss offer many benefits including greater...
How DocBoss Can Help You
Are you having trouble managing your documentation work that you provide to customers at the end of projects? If document control is time-consuming and frustrating - and increasingly customized - perhaps we can help. Check out this link to learn more about how DocBoss...
Can DocBoss Help You?
DocBoss helps process equipment suppliers manage and deliver custom engineering documentation to their customers in the instance where the document control function is time-consuming and frustrating. DocBoss is especially helpful to companies who tag their products,...
March 2020 New Release Notification
DocBoss is happy to announce our most recent release update for March 2020 that is available to all DocBoss customers. Here are the highlights: Unpack Upon receiving the return of a DocBoss created package, users can now automate the re-allocation of each document to...
Areas of Improvement for Suppliers
Based on the results of our survey Supplier vs EPC, Why is Vendor Documentation so Painful? the following are suggested areas of improvement for EPCs: Deliverables management EPCs should take more care to trim vendor data requirement lists (VDRL), prior to inclusion...
Industrial Automation and Instrumentation Market in India 2020-2024
Graphic source: Business Wire Technavio has released a new 120 page research report focused on the Industrial Automation and Instrumentation Market in India for the period 2020-2024. During this timeframe, the market is expected to grow by $2.58 billion USD. The shift...
Supplier vs EPC, Why is Vendor Documentation so Painful?
We surveyed 106 respondents; 45 from supplier organizations and 61 from EPCs, about the difficulties, challenges and frustrations they each encountered executing project document control. Note that 19 of the supplier respondents are current DocBoss customers. While...
DocBoss Comparison Page
We recently redesigned the DocBoss website and one of the newest additions to the site is the DocBoss comparison page. This page (see screenshot above) is a very detailed overview of how DocBoss compares as a document control tool to its main competitors, one (or...
5 Questions To Ask About Your Current Document Control Processes
As a supplier of process equipment, you rely heavily on your project document process to keep organized and on top of critical projects and timelines. What if you could spend less time manually creating, tracking and submitting documents and more time on writing...
Choosing Your Document Control System
Are you thinking about automating your documentation work with the addition of a document control application? A recent article from Quality Magazine discussed this topic in detail. Titled "Ten Elements of Effective Document Control," the article discusses the key...
Document Control Software Considerations
If you're considering document control software to help you with your documentation work, there are a few considerations to ponder before you make your decision. As we've said in the past: The best product for you should be easy to navigate, be cloud-accessible to...
Document Version Control Made Easy
Document version control - managing and locating the most recent version of a particular document - is something that document controllers often struggle with especially if they use a manual, non document control-specific application. If you use Microsoft Excel or...
DocBoss Website Refresh
We've updated the DocBoss.com website! Please take a look when you have a moment and let us know your thoughts. We've updated both the look of the website and have also added some new features that we think you'll find helpful. At the top of the homepage, you can now...
Valve World Dusseldorf 2020
The 12th international Valve World 2020 trade fair and conference takes place from December 1-3, 2020 in Dusseldorf, Germany. From the Valve World 2018 website recap page: The trade fair attracted 11,800 professionals from 86 countries, of whom over 70% were...
Downstream 2020 Exhibition & Conference
The Downstream 2020 Exhibition & Conference takes place in Houston, Texas from June 10-11, 2020. The event is expected to attract over 10,000 attendees and 2500 delegates with 450 exhibition stands as part of the full 2-day show. Order a pre-show brochure by...
Is Your Software Easily Scalable?
Software scalability - the ability to scale your software usage up or down as required - is something that is often not easily accomplished if you have paid seats (a certain number of software licenses) that are bought and paid for a period of time regardless of...
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