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ISO 9001-Compliant Document Control?

SmoothBreaker writes "Coming into a new company, I have been tasked with sourcing Document Control software to meet ISO 9001 standards. From everything I can find, ISO places no requirements on the software itself, aside from maintaining control of documentation and process. This was discussed eleven years ago. I'd like software that allows intuitive use for our less savvy users, and in a perfect world, graphical access to previous revisions of a document. I've used Microsoft's SharePoint, which the higher-ups like simply because it's Microsoft, but thankfully they trust their Tech Department to find the cream of the crop. What experience do you have with this kind of software, what would you recommend using, and what should I avoid?"

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  1. Re:KT by solevita · · Score: 4, Informative

    I clicked reply to say that very thing. We use KT here at work, is very nice, and we're not the only ones. We'd also looked at Alfresco in the past, but KT won on a number of factors, including ease of use and installation.

  2. I'm going to get flamed all to hell for this... by jockeys · · Score: 4, Informative

    but I'm actually a fan of Sharepoint. Have used it for years and never found it lacking for documentation management in my line of work (engineering software development field). The price is an issue for some, but it requires very little maintenance and is fairly intuitive in it's workings, even to a newer user. Most of our co-ops figure out how to use it with little or no instruction, and our senior developers (myself included) haven't complained about lack of features or expressed frustration with not being able to get something done.

    just my 2 cents.

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    1. Re:I'm going to get flamed all to hell for this... by uberjack · · Score: 4, Informative

      My problem with Sharepoint is that doesn't work equally well on non-IE browsers. For example, text formatting is completely unavailable unless you're running IE.