// ROBOTICS AND SMART FACTORIES TERM
Document Control
A system for managing documents throughout their lifecycle, including creation, approval, distribution, revision, and archiving, to ensure accuracy and accessibility.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
Document Control is a systematic process within quality management systems (QMS) for managing the lifecycle of critical documents, ensuring their accuracy, accessibility, version control, and compliance with regulatory and organizational standards.
BACKGROUND
Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines. Automation has been achieved by various means including mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, electronic devices, and computers, usually in combination. Complicated systems, such as modern factories, airplanes, and ships typically use combinations of all of these techniques. The benefits of automation includes labor savings, reducing waste, savings in electricity costs, savings in material costs, and improvements to quality, accuracy, and precision.
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- Document Management
- Information Control
- Records Management
USAGE NOTE
Essential for maintaining traceability, compliance, and consistent operations in regulated industries.
DEVELOPERS
Organizations developing technology related to Document Control.
Develops a Quality Management System (QMS) software suite that automates and manages document control, change control, and training for regulated manufacturing industries. Their platform ensures compliance with standards like ISO 9001 and FDA 21 CFR Part 11.
Offers Teamcenter, a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software that provides integrated document management and control for manufacturing. It manages everything from 3D CAD models and engineering drawings to specifications and technical publications.
Provides the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, with ENOVIA as a core component for PLM. It offers robust capabilities for controlling all product-related documentation, ensuring a single source of truth and traceability from design to production.
An Enterprise Information Management (EIM) company with specific solutions for manufacturing, such as Extended ECM for Engineering. It helps manage complex engineering documents, drawings, and work processes, integrating with ERP and PLM systems.
Develops a metadata-driven document management platform that helps manufacturing companies control their quality documents, SOPs, and compliance records. It integrates with existing systems like Salesforce and SAP to provide context-based access to information.
Provides a cloud-native Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Quality Management System (QMS) platform. It centralizes product and quality documentation, linking bills of materials (BOMs) and engineering changes with controlled documents.
Offers Autodesk Vault, a product data management (PDM) software, and Fusion 360 Manage, a PLM platform. These tools provide version control, revision tracking, and automated release workflows for engineering design files and related manufacturing documents.
Specializes in cloud-based software for the life sciences industry. Its Veeva Vault QualityDocs is a leading document control application for managing GxP documents and SOPs in pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing environments.
Provides a platform focused on creating and managing digital, standardized work instructions and training materials for factory floor operators. It transforms static documents into interactive, trackable procedures with built-in version control and data collection.