The DocBoss Blog
How secure is your documentation?
One of the biggest questions customers usually ask of a cloud-based application relates to the storage of their documentation. Specifically, customers want to know more about data integrity to ensure that their documentation is secure and accessible at all times....
What 5 (or 10) things make a vendor good at document control?
Guest post by Julie Tomek - Subject Matter Expert in Document Control management. There are five key things that make document control a success and they are time management, adaptability, organization, integrity and communication. A wise old uncle of mine once said,...
Document control salary survey
UK-based document control training and document control certification provider Consepsys recently released their annual document control salary survey for 2015. The 41-page report touches on salary statistics including average salary, salary ranges, average salary by...
Document management versus document control
What is the difference between document management and document control? More specifically, what is the difference between a document management and document control system? Whereas a document management system enables you to store, access, search, retrieve, archive,...
February 2016 New Release Notification
As we move into March, the newest round of DocBoss functionality has arrived. With this release, we focus on actions, dates and customer / project setup. Key items in this release Introduction of filters for the outstanding actions grid, including a new stand alone...
DocBoss Welcomes New Customer: Magnetrol International
We are very excited to announce that Magnetrol's Belgium office has begun actively using DocBoss. Magnetrol's US office in Illinois has been using DocBoss since 2014 and based on their positive experiences, their Belgium office contacted us to learn more about how...
December 2015 New Release Notification
While the days grow shorter here in Calgary, the newest round of DocBoss functionality steps out of the shadows. We've spent most of the last few months on submittal and permission functions. You can now add supporting/uncontrolled documents to outbound submittals and...
DocBoss Welcomes New Customer: CG Industrial Specialties
We're very happy to announce that Vancouver, British Columbia-based CG Industrial Specialties (CGIS) has come aboard and begun using DocBoss. CGIS has supplied top quality industrial valves, controls, and automation since 1980. CGIS offers a complete suite of manual...
The Internet of Things (IoT) and How It Relates To You
A new buzzword you may have come across is IoT which stands for Internet of Things. IoT was first coined in 1999 by Kevin Ashton during a presentation to Proctor & Gamble to describe how computers and the Internet were largely dependent on humans manually typing...
5 Common Document Control Issues
Submitting documentation to vendors can be a painful and time-consuming process. Common issues faced by document controllers include the following: Increased customization of documents required by customers. It's not uncommon for document controllers to have to...
DocBoss Welcomes New Customer: Endress + Hauser
We're very happy to welcome aboard two new Endress + Hauser divisions as DocBoss customers. Endress + Hauser has been a DocBoss customer since 2014 so we'd like welcome aboard two new divisions as the newest DocBoss users!
October 2015 New Release Notification
Our team has been hard at work, and I thought I would share with you some of the latest additions to DocBoss. We recently released a new set of reports providing overview metrics for various parameters. These include total number of IN vs OUT transmittals, number of...
DocBoss is Hiring – Application Support Specialist
As a member of the DocBoss support team, you will become an expert user of our application and be able to share that expertise with others. Your highest priority will be responding to customer phone, email and web based support calls from our customers in Europe and...
The Domino Effect of Document Submission
You know the drill...you have multiple project submissions in the pipe, and project A should be nearly ready for submission, but instead of keeping up with the expected delivery dates the project submission falls behind while you work on another project. In order to...
DocBoss Welcomes New Customer: Engineered Air
We're excited to welcome aboard Engineered Air as the newest DocBoss customer. Engineered Air is one of North America's largest manufacturers of custom built heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration and energy recovery equipment. Established in 1966,...
DocBoss Welcomes New Customer: Accudyne Industries
We are thrilled to welcome Accudyne Industries in their Arvada, Eastbourne, and Illescas locations to the DocBoss family. Accudyne is an esteemed supplier of pumps and compressors for difficult applications in the energy and industrial segments and have been working...
10 cloud computing myths busted
DocBoss is a web-based application that requires no sunk cost, nothing to be installed or maintained and one that requires no extra work on the part of your IT staff. As a cloud-based application DocBoss can offer you a number of advantages that an old-school...
The 5 Must Haves in a Document Control System
As a supplier you rely heavily on your project document process to keep organized and on top of critical projects and timelines. What if you could be spending less time manually creating, tracking and submitting documents and more time on writing proposals writing...
Cloud planning mistakes to avoid
Search Cloud Computing published an interesting article detailing 3 mistakes that those who deploy cloud-based technologies were bound to make in 2015. Really though, these are mistakes that still apply today and will continue to do so moving forward. The article...
The Hidden Costs of Purchased Software
How much does a software purchase and implementation actually cost when everything is accounted for? When we consider the cost of software, the software doesn't suddenly become bought and paid for once you've cut the check and start using it. Krugle Resources suggests...
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