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Riding the wave of the med-tech quality management challenge

Time and costs can soon rack up in a med tech device design and development cycle. But those who have installe...

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9 ways an Extranet Can Improve your Product Release Process

Issuing a tech product release or a software update can be a challenging process. Handled badly it can result ...

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How to talk to the FDA

I am a former FDA staff member and now back in the private sector. If you are in Regulatory Affairs, you are i...

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New IVD regulation is coming. are you ready?

From 2022 the In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation (IVDR) will require Notified Body intervention and review for 80...

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Google Drive Vs Dropbox as Document Management Systems

Google Drive and Dropbox are two of the most popular cloud-based, file-sharing platforms on the market today. ...

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EU Medical Device Regulations are changing. How and why?

From 2020 and 2022, EU Medical Device Regulations will change. This brings certain products into regulatory sc...

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Seven document control pitfalls and how to avoid them

Do your systems give you the kind of control over your documentation which really match the organisational, co...

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How to avoid the med tech graveyard with user centred design

A med tech device that has a poor user experience can be dangerous for consumers and commercially calamitous f...

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Why not just use Google Team Drive as a Document Management System?

Google Team Drive is a service which has been available by default to Business, Enterprise and Education G-Sui...

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Quality Management Vs Compliance.  What's the difference?

For many companies, compliance is, at best, regarded as a necessary evil, and at worst a never-ending ordeal. ...

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How a Document Management System can help you fight hyperscale threats

There is always commercial pressure on product developers to find better and more efficient ways to collaborat...

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Box Vs Dropbox as Document Management Systems

Both Box and Dropbox Business are cloud-based file sharing solutions intended to give their customers the free...

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What investors need to know about your Product Management Process

Founders of companies are often, by necessity, their own Product Managers. They’re often the ones who have mos...

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7 Deadly Sins of the Product Development Process

OK, we admit it, there are definitely more than 7 deadly sins of the product development process. In fact, the...

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Why not just use Box as a document management system?

Box is a popular cloud-based, file sharing solution, designed for use by enterprises to store business documen...

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Supply Chain Disruption and the Future of Trust

With a supply chain ripe for digital disruption, high tech manufacturing companies must evolve new ways of man...

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Prince2 and Document Control

Document control is a crucial part of any project management process. In this blog post we ask how the right D...

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3 Product Development Fails that cost a fortune (and a space craft)

We all make mistakes, but when a product development process fails it can have far-reaching financial and comp...

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7 tips for designing an effective Business Process Map

Business Process Maps are a key part of any Company Management System. They are the flow diagrams that help yo...

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5 Reasons to Invest in a Company Management System

There are many competing demands on the attention and resources of a growing business, but investing in the ri...

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ONEDRIVE VS SHAREPOINT AS DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

What is the best document management solution for you and your business, One Drive for Business or SharePoint?...

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The Scale-up Process Gap and the Business Model Canvas

In part one of this series we argued that one key ingredient for a successful scale-up company is optimisation...

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Why the FDA want Proactive Quality Management Systems

Reports from the U.S. tell us the FDA is continuing to prioritise Proactive Quality Management in the medical ...

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The Scale-up Process Gap - Getting Started

Our opening post on this theme introduced the problems that companies face as they transition from start-up to...

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How to Build a QMS Your Team Will Actually want to Use

One of the main challenges of implementing a Quality Management System (QMS) is ensuring it is actually used f...

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The Process Gap for Scale-up companies

It seems everyone is talking about Scale-up companies these days. The term has been around since 2013 (see for...

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4 sure signs you need to start Business Process Mapping

Business Process Mapping could be the first step you take towards creating a more efficient, profitable and qu...

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All You Really Need For Xmas is a Competitive Advantage

As we approach the end of 2018 with all its political and economic earthquakes, how can your high tech company...

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Why your Business Management System should be graphical

Adopting a Business Management System (BMS) is a well-established way to manage and control all the processes ...

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4 ways to fix a failing product development process with an agile tool-kit

A failing product development process can cost your sanity, your company’s reputation, and a lot of money. In ...

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Visualising Risk-Based Thinking in a Quality Management System

If you’ve been focused on improving your company’s Quality Management System it’s likely you will have encount...

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Late again? How to conquer the biggest challenge in product development

Delays are the biggest challenge for any product development cycle, they annoy clients, they sap the creative ...

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No more mavericks: Better QA through collaboration

It’s a cliche that good collaboration and teamwork maximises productivity. But in the high tech product develo...

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Is your QMS just for ISO certification?

Is ISO certification the only reward you’ll receive for jumping through all those QMS hoops? And is it really ...

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Burning money in the product development process? Don’t get wasted

Are you wasting money in a messy product development process? Are you constantly losing sight of your prioriti...

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5 ways Business Process Modeling can transform your company

For companies in the high tech sector, where time is precious and resources costly, a single mistake can be ve...

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How digital signatures can help secure regulatory compliance

Digital signatures are proving valuable tools for businesses developing products for release in highly regulat...

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Cognidox launches latest upgrade to leading dMS

New version enables faster, simpler intranet creation and easier FDA record compliance Cambridge, UK, 20 Septe...

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The product management challenge - when, who and how

The early stages of any start-up are critical to the overall success of the business. In product development, ...

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Tame the Product Development Cycle with a Lean DMS

In the white heat of the product development cycle there is always the potential for chaos. And high tech busi...

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How a DMS helps you get the most out of external collaborators

Good collaboration is at the heart of business success. And with the vast array of digital tools available to ...

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Effective product development with phase-gate control and a DMS

One of the hallmarks of innovative organisations is that they are very good at developing ideas into successfu...

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Successful exits with cognidox

At a time of innovation and increasing traction in IoT, the recent acquisition of S3 Semiconductors by Adesto ...

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Cognidox achieves full iSO 27001 certification

Cambridge, UK, 1 August 2018 - Cognidox, the leading provider of document management solutions for the high-te...

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6 ways to improve product release management

Most high tech companies have multiple products. And most products combine different project deliverables - ha...

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Is your information safe? Document security in the information age

Most people think of document security only in relation to highly sensitive documents. However, the security o...

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Are your ISO inspections painful? How to make your QMS really useful

Many quality managers find that as an ISO audit approaches, their stress levels increase. Are all the procedur...

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Improving product development productivity with DMS version control

Raising your productivity levels can improve your delivery to customers and your profitability. Productivity i...

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How to evaluate a document management system

A document management system (DMS) can measurably improve your productivity and efficiency. A good DMS helps m...

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7 questions to ask before choosing your DMS provider

If you’re new to document management systems (DMS), how do you know what to look for when choosing the right p...

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How a document management system contributes to a lean business model

Lean is a philosophy, a theory that acts as a guiding principle for continuous improvement and customer focus ...

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ISO9001 ready with Cognidox – an overview

4 steps to getting ISO9001 ready Achieving ISO9001 compliance can appear daunting, but while it requires a sig...

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A closer look at Document Control for ISO 9001

What is document control? Properly documented information is at the heart of meeting the ISO 9001 standard, an...

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Cognidox announces the passing of CEO Paul Walsh & names Joe Byrne as CEO

Cambridge, 18 October 2017 - Cognidox today announced that Paul Walsh, its co-founder and CEO passed away on O...

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Mind the Gap: CAD Product Data Management

A number of Cognidox companies use the tool to store their 2D and 3D CADdrawings, in addition to more typical ...

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