Document Control

Document Control is a fundamental management process in the creation, review, modification, issuing, distribution and accessibility of documents used within projects throughout a business.It is key to any business and is a crucial element in maintaining project efficiency, performance, reliability, traceability, quality and safety.

It ensures that documentation available at official points of use within the business is trusted by all users and contains up-to-date, reliable, checked and formally approved information.

Document control is an ISO 9001 International Quality Management standard requirement

Typical Document Control activities include:

• Document numbering and identification;
• Quality and compliance checks;
• Document filing and organisation, both electronic and/or hard copy;
• Documentation modification, distribution and issue;
• Document register maintenance;
• Document distribution to all relevant people and companies;
• Document status progress reporting.

At APR Safety we have extensive experience and expertise in Document Management Systems

Our Document Control personnel are vastly experienced in reviewing documentation, bringing projects into procedural compliance, maintaining document control registers and producing reports.  They have been responsible for running Client DCC teams, bringing Client projects back into compliance and have experience working with SAP and Documentum systems, Climage drawing and document retrieval systems, En Garde maintenance management systems and Projectwise.

We will ensure your systems and associated procedures are set up correctly, comply with international standards and industry best practices, enabling your business to demonstrate the professional document management approach required by major international clients.

Please call now for further information on this and other services we offer.