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62nd International Instrumentation Symposium (IIS)
The 62nd International Instrumentation Symposium (IIS) runs from Tuesday November 6 – Thursday November 9, 2017 in Houston, Texas.
Asian Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Engineering Exhibition (OGA)
The 16th annual Asian Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Engineering Exhibition takes place from July 11-13, 2017 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The exhibition will feature 12 country pavilions from North America, Europe, Asia and...
Industrial Valve Summit Exhibition
The 2nd international exhibition and conference on valve and flow control technologies Industrial Valve Summit (IVS) takes place from May 24-25, 2017 in Bergamo, Italy. The IVS attracts visitors and exhibitors from a wide range of industries including oil & gas,...
When Document Control Was In Its Infancy
Prior to 1980, document control was a time-consuming and haphazard function with no technology to assist and few actual controls in place.
Formalizing Document Control Processes
We’ve talked in the past how you can add structure to document control with DocBoss especially in the case where you are new to document control or where you really don’t have documented or formalized processes to turn to.
16th International Exhibition for Pumps, Compressors, Valves, Actuators and Engines
The 16th International Exhibition for Pumps, Compressors, Valves, Actuators and Engines will be held from October 24-26, 2017 in Crocus Expo, pavilion 1 in Moscow, Russia. From their website, the event will include the following: Exhibition sections: Industrial...
Tools To Improve Your Document Control Processes
Last fall, we updated our DocBoss.com website with a more modern look with new features and tools for DocBoss users to access. Part of the new website includes a Support section with some great new features that anyone interested in doing document control work better can access and benefit from.
Is your documentation work costing you business?
Is it possible that the documentation that you provide to your customers at the end of projects is costing you future business?
Dealing with EPCs is slow and costly
EPCs make huge IT investments and work largely in the information space. With the volume of digitally stored data involved with most projects, information management is a necessary and critical competency.
Private, public or hybrid cloud. What’s best for you?
The worldwide public cloud services market is projected to grow 17.2 percent in 2016 to total $208.6 billion, up from $178 billion in 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. While public cloud computing is growing in popularity, it's not the only option. You might also...
Supplier Action Points for better Document Control
If you’re a process equipment supplier (manufacturer, fabricator, rep) who submits custom engineering documentation to your customers (EPCs) at the end of projects, how can you do this work better?
Vessels, Tanks, Skids and Document Control
If you produce vessels, tanks or skids, you already understand the complexity and growing importance of documentation produced for customers at the end of projects.
Define, Submit, Track, Complete
DocBoss helps you define, submit, track and complete your projects with ease while dealing with whatever your customers throw at you.
Metadata and Document Control
One of the more frustrating aspects of document control involves the manual nature of the work.
Billing for Documentation is More Acceptable Than You Think
Do you bill your customers for documentation work that you perform for them? If not, you might be surprised that more EPCs expect that they will be billed for such work than EPCs who don't. We know this because our recent survey Supplier vs EPC, Why is Vendor...
Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) Market Set To Grow
Two recent market research reports show that the Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) market is set to grow over the next few years with Latin American showing the biggest increase in value. Asia (excluding Japan) remains the largest single geographic area with regards to...
What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
Do more experienced document controllers demand more sophisticated systems, or are these skilled people gravitating to companies that already have better tools in place?
What Frustrates Suppliers and EPCs the Most?
If you're a supplier of process equipment who sends custom documentation to your customers or if you're an EPC who receives documentation from your vendors, what is your biggest frustration(s) working with the other party? A few months ago, we set out to answer this...
How to make your Mill Test Reports a piece of cake
Managing documentation has always been part of a fabricator's world. But now there are growing requirements for how to prepare and submit those documents to your customers. Mill Test Reports (MTRs) of course are a key deliverable. Not only do you have to scan, index...
Making transmittals a breeze
How difficult and time-consuming is it for you to put transmittals together for your customers at the end of projects? DocBoss creates customer transmittals for you so that you can deal with whatever your customer throws at you. DocBoss creates transmittal summaries...
Focused largely on tagged equipment, DocBoss minimizes the manual work required to deliver project documentation.
We are here to answer any questions you may have about DocBoss and how we can help you improve your document control workflow.
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