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The 5 Must Haves in a Document Control System
This is a repost from about 18 months ago regarding how a document control system can help your documentation work. It’s always a good idea to re-evaluate system practices to ensure they meet your current needs and since we're at year-end, it's great time to prepare...
Is document control a person or process?
As part of our year-end review as we look towards 2017, let's take a step back and look at what you're doing currently with regards to your document control work. We asked this question in an earlier blog post (one of our most popular ones in fact) but it's worth...
Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Compressors Industrial Exhibition
The annual Pumps Valves Pipes & Compressors (PVPC) Middle East Industrial Exhibition takes place in Abu Dhabi, UAE from March 6-8, 2017. PVPC show highlights from their website: This annual exhibition and conference brings together UAE and global leaders, buyers...
Who is hiring? Finding document control jobs
Are you thinking about making a career change in 2017? We already spoke in the past about how document control training can help to formalize your knowledge while beefing up your resume. This is especially true if you find yourself looking for a new job due to...
Vendor Document Management is Different. And Different is OK.
Vendor document management is different then normal document management. Extensive meta data, specific workflow, and the notoriously elusive “Bill of Materials” (document register).
Improve and simplify quality and reduce costs in one fell swoop
As we approach year-end and look ahead to 2017, it's worth thinking about challenges you faced this year and what the new year has in store. While the economy remains questionable, there are things you can do to improve your business practices pertaining to...
The Cloud and Your Business in 2017
In 2017 how will your business view technology particularly as it pertains to cloud computing? We spoke about cloud trends earlier in the year that were expected to continue in 2016. In early 2016, RightScale published its fifth annual State of the Cloud Survey with...
Non-destructive testing in the oil and gas business
With non-destructive testing (NDT) being a popular option in the oil & gas industry as well as other sectors, the NDT Resource Center is a great starting resource to learn more about NDT testing, services, educational options and NDT standards among other things....
6 signs that Microsoft Excel is no longer suitable for document control
When it comes to tracking document submissions, many companies simply use Microsoft Excel. They enter each document as a new row, and they add a new set of columns for each submission. If your organization has one small job (i.e. under 15 documents), this may be an...
Why DocBoss is to the cover page what the meteor was to the dinosaur
I think this is a classic example of the 3 whys to why paradigms. First, let’s be clear. DocBoss was built to create and append cover pages to every vendor submitted document. Why? So they comply with specifications. Why have those specifications been created? Because...
Eliminating document control mistakes by automating your work
We recently came across an article that discusses how to reduce document control mistakes and one of the interesting aspects of the 10 listed mistakes is how many of them relate to doing document control work manually. In other words, many document control mistakes...
Build a strong documentation department
What makes a good document controller? We essentially asked a similar question a few years back in our post called Making Expert Document Controllers based on a software conference we attended that offered a very smart takeaway: Make software that makes people...
How do your document control processes compare to this?
How do your document control processes compare to how others are doing it? When speaking with document controllers, they typically mention that they currently use one of several applications to handle their document control work with various levels of success, namely...
DocBoss case study for Tundra Process Solutions
Is your document control work at the point where you know you have to do something to improve it, but don't know where to start? Most customers started using DocBoss when they came to the realization that they simply couldn't continue doing things as they were. One of...
E-learning options for document control training
We've spoken in the past regarding UK-based document control training company Consepsys and the types of document control courses they offer. One of the training options they include are e-based courses that you can do online and in your own time especially in the...
In Case You Missed Our Vendor Documentation Survey…
Last month we released our long-awaited survey entitled "Supplier vs EPC Why is Vendor Documentation so Painful?" If you haven't already downloaded it, please do so now so you can read the report in detail at no charge. We surveyed 106 respondents - 45 suppliers and...
Are You An Owner or EPC? DocBoss Can Now Help You Too
If you’re an owner or Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) firm, DocBoss can help you receive your vendor documentation.
Benefits of automating your document control work
The point of document control is to make the creation of all documents and everything that goes into it an easier process for everyone involved. This is what makes an automatic method of routing, reviewing, and approving all documents important. The system will route...
Document control functions and jobs explained
One of the bigger challenges in document control relates to limiting and monitoring who has access to make changes to documents so that the "control" part of document control is kept in place. This can be difficult when using Microsoft Excel of another non-document...
Uploading your VDR into DocBoss
How do you figure out what documents your customer actually wants to receive as part of the project you're working on? If you receive a bill of materials or Vendor Document Requirement List (VDRL) from your customer for each project, do you manually input each...
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