Quality Assurance
Get it right first time, on time, every time is a useful definition of “quality”. Whatever your definition or philosophy in relation to QA, when you get down to the nitty-gritty mechanisms that actually make quality work, certain principles that need to be engrained at every level of your organisation. For example always using the latest version of any specific document,...
Read MoreThe end of contractual disputes?
The Publication of drawings and specifications is a constant source of difficulty and disagreement. It’s not so much the original publication as the revision and subsequent reissue of documents that gives rise to most contractual difficulties. Exactly when were the documents revised, exactly who were the revisions sent to and, dare we ask, were there any further revisions? E-mail is a...
Read MoreOne channel of communication
One channel of communication Issuing drawings can be a complex and time-consuming task. Printing, copying and updating issue lists and registers is just the start, the things then physically need to be posted. Although e-mail has removed some of this drudgery, the task remains time-consuming and, perhaps more importantly, prone to errors. E-mailing drawings to multiple contacts can lead to...
Read MoreDoes your inbox rule your day?
How to take control back from your inbox I’m sure you know what I mean, on your early start at the office you are greeted by a torrent of e-mail and even after you’ve filtered out the usual amount of spam, advertisements and first-class rubbish, there’s still a huge list of e-mails that you just “need” to attend to. The problem is not just that there are so many e-mails;...
Read MoreMoving on from e-mail
What makes companies choose online collaboration software tools? If you’re trying to issue a new document, drawing or specification to a colleague, client or supplier it may seem that there is already a very easy way to do it. After all, you could simply create an e-mail, attach the document and click send, maybe even cc a copy to a few extra colleagues for good measure, but perhaps this is...
Read MoreControlled Collaboration
Efficient project management can have a real impact on the profitability of a job. We explain here how low cost online collaboration and project management tools can make all the difference When everything goes right in a project it’s rarely considered worthy of comment but when things go wrong the fan can get very busy redistributing the ordure. Nor is it just about who gets the blame....
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