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DocBoss versus other document control options
Whereas DocBoss was specifically designed to help process equipment suppliers manage and deliver custom engineering documentation to customers at the end of projects, other popular applications commonly used for this work may or may not be document control specific....
One Year Later: Supplier vs EPC Survey
One year ago today, we released our document control survey entitled Supplier vs EPC: Why is Vendor Documentation so Painful? We surveyed 106 respondents - 45 process equipment supplier organizations and 61 EPCs - and asked them questions about their current document...
Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show Runs Next Week
The Canadian Manufacturing Show runs from September 25-27, 2017 at The International Centre in Toronto directly across the road from Pearson International Airport. From the official conference website: For more than 30 years, the CMTS audience from within Canada’s...
Is Documentation Bogging You Down?
In our last post we discussed the difference between internal document management versus external document control. We touched on some of the differences between each and why you might need a document control system over a document management system. If you tend to...
Internal document management versus external document control
Do you need a document management system or a document control system? Not all documentation that a company produces ends up getting sent externally outside the company to another company. Perhaps you're in the position of sending some documentation externally and...
11th International Valve Trade Fair & Conference
The 11th International Valve Trade Fair & Conference takes place in Dusseldorf, Germany from Nov 27-Nov 29, 2018. When last held in 2016, the conference was summarized as follows: To the tune of 20,000 square metres of exhibition space, 725 exhibitors from 40...
Valve World Americas Expo & Conference
It isn't too early to prepare for Valve World Americas Expo & Conference which will be held June 18 & 19, 2019 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. The fourth event was held in June 2017 and attracted 4,141 attendees from Canada, the...
August 2017 Release Notification
We're pleased to announce the August 2017 Release Notification to announce new functionality for all DocBoss customers. Highlights of this release include the following: Update to nav We updated our mega-menu, focusing in the most frequently used project areas. You...
Are Inefficiencies In Document Control A Problem For You?
A recent article posted on GCN.com discussed the importance of document management and how the government sector's organizational woes might be at least party explained by their lack of documentation prowess: Inefficiencies in the government have been the source of...
ICSAM 2017: 19th International Conference on Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
ICSAM 2017: 19th International Conference on Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems takes place in Barcelona, Spain on October 30 and 31, 2017. Topics of interest include actuators, solid-state sensors, fabrication and packing, nanotechnology and more. From the...
Oil & Gas Indonesia 2017 takes place September 13-16
Oil & Gas Indonesia 2017 (OGI) will take place from September 13-16 in Jakarta. This is the 11th International Oil and Gas Exploration, Production and Refining Exhibition to take place since its inception in 1995. The last show which took place in 2015 drew 9156...
Retaining Important Records With DocBoss
Are you required to retain important project documents and other records for legal or other reasons? Depending on the number of projects you run and the size of each, the amount of paperwork you produce can quickly become very cumbersome and difficult to organize....
Effectively Manage Returned Documents From Your Customers
How easy is it to receive and manage incoming transmittals, documents that your customer has returned to you? In a large project, it can become time-consuming and difficult to properly manage incoming documents and to ensure that you're not only working with the...
Make Documents Easily Available for Multiple Projects
Do you have a document(s) used in multiple projects that you'd like to have available quickly rather than searching your files each time it's needed? With DocBoss you can set up a library of all documents that are used regularly in multiple projects and by multiple...
Keep Your Projects On Time and On Budget
Do your projects often run over time and over budget? Can your current document control system tell you if a specific document is missing at any given time? How well can you keep tabs on where your project is at any given time? Check out the DocBoss Comparisons page...
Consepsys 2017 Document Control Salary Survey
Document control training company Consepsys has released their annual document control salary survey results for 2017. The survey comprises 587 complete contributions from 50 countries and 24 industries. If you've viewed the surveys from previous years you're aware of...
Providing Documentation to EPCs Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult
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,...
Key Areas to Improve Your Document Control Work
Here are the three main areas of improvement for process equipment suppliers to focus on to handle document control more efficiently.
Quickly Uploading Documents to DocBoss
Check out the short video below to see how easy it is to drag and drop projects documents into DocBoss.
2017 API Tanks, Valves, and Piping Conference & Expo
The 2017 API Tanks, Valves, and Piping Conference & Expo takes place from October 23-26, 2017 at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA. From the conference website: The 2017 API Tanks, Valves, and Piping Conference & Expo will give attendees an opportunity...
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