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Pumps & Valves Antwerp 2020
The 18th biennial Pumps & Valves in Antwerp trade shows occurs in Antwerp, Belgium on March 25 and 26, 2020 at the Antwerp Expo grounds. From the conference website: Pumps & Valves in Antwerp is a trade fair for pumps and valves. This exhibition is...
Do Your Vendors Use a Document Submission System?
Perhaps you have vendors who have their own document submission system in place that their customers (ie. you) must use to submit documentation to them. DocBoss provides several additional benefits available to vendors. The ability to auto-generate containers based on...
Are Cloud-Based Apps Better?
There are a number of benefits of using a cloud-based application like DocBoss when compared to the older, more traditional server-based app that gets installed on your computer or network. These days, hosted cloud-based applications like DocBoss offer many benefits...
Oil & Gas World Expo Mumbai
The biannual Oil & Gas World Expo takes place March 4-6, 2020 at the Bombay Exhibition Center in Mumbai, India. The 2018 event drew about 5,200 visitors and 100 exhibitors from 8 countries. From the conference website: Oil & Gas World Expo is an international...
Mixed Industry Forecasts for 2020
According to speakers at a recent Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA) Market Outlook Workshop held in August in San Diego, we should expect mixed results in 2020 for various industries. The process controls sector expects to remain vulnerable due to economic...
Safety Drives and Motors Market 2019-2023
360 Research has produced a global research report detailing the safety drives and motors market for 2019-23. The report refers to major industry players like ABB, Rockwell, Weg, Siemens and more. From the report website, the author suggests the following benefits for...
Define, Execute and Control Your Document Submission Projects
Engineering projects have become increasingly document-intensive and customized to the point where you may have finally realized that your current document control processes (Microsoft Excel anyone?) are simply no longer manageable. If document control is...
How DocBoss Builds and Manages Your Document Register
If you are having trouble managing your project documents between the various revisions, added and deleted documents and the like, here's how DocBoss can help particularly as it pertains to the document register: Create the Document Register Early in your project, the...
How Do You Handle Returned Project Documents?
The larger the project, the more likely it is that you will deal with documents being added, deleted and amended as the project progresses. Your customers may need to approve documents and as they get returned to you, you need to understand where in the process each...
What is a VDR?
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....
PUMPS & VALVES Dortmund 2020
PUMPS & VALVES Dortmund 2020 takes place at the Messe Dortmund conference center in Germany from February 12-13, 2020. Last year's event in 2019 drew 2,894 visitors and 68 exhibitors. The show is very German-centric in terms of visitors and exhibitors so if you're...
Cloud Computing To Continue Growing in 2020
83% Of Enterprise Workloads Will Be In The Cloud By 2020. This is the title of recent article on Forbes.com discussing the expected continued migration of enterprise applications (like DocBoss) to the cloud and how companies continue to increase its embrace. More...
Oil & Gas Industry Trends for 2020
As we move into 2020, forecasters are making predictions as to how the oil and gas industry will fare and what we can expect in terms of production and gas pump prices. In 2018. the US was the single largest producer of oil, producing around 15.3 million barrels per...
SPE Conferences in Calgary, Alberta
The co-located SPE Canada Unconventional Resources and SPE Heavy Oil Technical Conference take place March 18-19, 2020 at the BMO Centre at Stampede Park in Calgary, Alberta. The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is a non-profit organization with over 158,000...
Documentation Trends for 2019
We came across an interesting article entitled The 8 Biggest Document Management Trends for 2019 that discusses many trends applicable to those who work in document control. It's interesting to have a look at the expected trends with 2019 coming to an end and see if...
Oman Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference
The Oman Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference takes place at the Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre, Muscat, Oman in March 2020. The exhibition occurs from March 9-11, 2020 and the conference takes place from March 8-11, 2020. From the conference website:...
What it’s like to be a Document Controller
We came across an interesting video on YouTube called What it's like to be a Document Controller that involves a short interview with a document controller who works in the UK. A few interesting points are mentioned by the interviewee: She refers to the need for...
Can I use Sharepoint for Document Control?
INTRA vs INTER company document control Controlling documents which are edited only inside your company is the focus for most document solutions. From the days before document control software, we saved files with the revision embedded in the file name. This allowed...
EPCs and Suppliers of Process Equipment Really Need to Talk….
75% of process equipment suppliers experience payment holdbacks related to documentation. Over 80% of EPCs feel that data validation and correct formatting are the most important factors for successful supplier document management. While 90% of process equipment...
Handling Material Test / Mill Test Certificate Packages
Tracking all of the material used on a pump (or any piece of steel equipment) is a large task, and one which must be completed with diligence. DocBoss can help. There are two key tasks you currently undertake Uniquely storing the certificates Tracking the material...
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