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2019 23rd Annual IPEIA Conference
The 2019 23rd Annual IPEIA Conference occurs from February 25 – March 1, 2019 in The Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The IPEIA (International Pressure Equipment Integrity Association) presents the conference annually and while final topics are still being...
Cloud Computing Updates For 2018
A recent Forrester report entitled Predictions 2018: Cloud Computing Accelerates Enterprise Transformation Everywhere discussed updates for this year regarding the state of cloud computing. DocBoss is a cloud-based software application which means you don't have to...
What Do EPCs Think?
We produced a detailed survey entitled Supplier vs EPC, Why is Vendor Documentation so Painful? that discusses the issues that suppliers of process equipment and the EPCs that they serve have with one another. In addition to identifying the biggest pain points from...
ASME Pressure Vessels Piping Conference (PVP)
The ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP) takes place in Prague, Czech Republic from July 15-20, 2018. The exhibition occurs from July 16-18, 2018. From the official conference website: The PVP Conference is a great place to exchange ideas and to meet...
What Do Suppliers Think?
In 2016 we interviewed 106 respondents - 45 suppliers and 61 EPCs - and asked them questions about their difficulties, challenges and frustrations they each encountered executing project document control. In addition to identifying the biggest pain points from...
ACTUATOR 2018
ACTUATOR 2018 takes place next week, June 25-27, 2018 in Bremen, Germany. From the official conference website: For almost 30 years Bremen has been the city of actuators. The International Conference on New Actuators, ACTUATOR, was established in the Free Hanseatic...
Handling Document Routing With Ease
As projects increase in size and scope, more people get involved and more documents are passed back and forth for approval. Document changes occur that lead to more back and forth and another set of approvals must occur. As documents are returned from your customers,...
10th Asia Pacific Congress On Oil and Gas 2018
The 10th Asia Pacific Congress On Oil and Gas 2018 will be held in Shanghai, China on September 10-11, 2018. From the conference website: The 10th Asia Pacific Congress On Oil and Gas 2018 covers topics such as: Global Oil and Gas Oil and Gas Upstream and Midstream...
More Cloud Computing Trends For 2018
Last time in this space, we referred to a survey recently completed by RightScale that discusses expected cloud computing trends in 2018. The survey discusses specific statistics from 997 IT respondents related to their company's usage of, and thoughts about cloud...
DocBoss To Attend The Global Petroleum Show in Calgary
Billed as North America's Leading Energy Event, the Global Petroleum Show (GPS) takes place in Calgary, Alberta from June 12-14, 2018 and DocBoss will be in attendance. From the conference website: GPS has grown exponentially to become the global meeting point for oil...
May 2018 New Release Notification
The snow has finally cleared in Calgary, and skiing has made way for other outdoor pursuits. We hope you are enjoying the warmer air, wherever you call home! Here are the goods for May 2018. Internal Approval Cycle for Supplier Documents Have you ever wanted a status...
Cloud Computing Trends For 2018
A recent report entitled RightScale 2018 State of the Cloud Report discusses expected trends in 2018 regarding cloud computing and its impact on enterprises moving forward. The survey polled 997 IT professional and 53% of them work for enterprises with in excess of...
Electro Hydraulic Servo Valve Market 2023
A new report entitled Global Electro Hydraulic Servo Valve Market Analysis 2011-2017 and Forecast 2018-2023 is available from 360 Market Updates. All the major manufacturers are included such as Moog, Bosch Rexroth, Parker, Honeywell and more. All major regions are...
Annual Valve Manufacturers Association of America Meeting
The annual Valve Manufacturers Association of America (VMA) Meeting takes place from September 25-27, 2018 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. To learn more about the meeting, visit the official website for more details. The website will be updated over the next few months with...
The Frustration of 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,...
How Much Do You Charge For Your Documentation Work?
Providing documentation to customers - especially documentation customized for each customer's requirements - is a time-consuming and thus costly aspect of your business. How much do you charge your customers for this work to be done? Do you charge for this work? We...
Europump 2018 Annual Meeting in Brussels
The Europump 2018 Annual Meeting in Brussels occurs on May 17 and 18, 2018. At the time of writing, there isn't much available on the event's website but here is a short writeup: The 2018 Annual Meeting will take place in Brussels on 17 and 18 May 2018. It will...
Document Control Training in Calgary
If you're looking for document control training in the Calgary, Alberta area, there's a new company providing training that you might consider. ZanEdU offers a number of documentation-specific courses related to topics like Fabrication Documentation Management and...
Are You Investing in IT?
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2018, an increase of 4.3 percent from 2017 estimated spending of $3.5 trillion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. With the first quarter of 2018 already in the books, what have you done to...
How Manual Is Your Document Control Work?
I recently had a conversation with a potential customer about their document control work and one of their (growing) problems is the (increasingly) manual nature of their work. In particular, they mentioned that they have a new customer who requires custom headers on...
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