RE: FW: Document Control Systems

["Heidi Arnold" <harnold103 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

Clare,

Here is one suggestion -- without knowing anything about your company, so it 
is general.  If it were me, the first thing I would do is develop a very 
clear idea of the cataloging/access system parameters -- so that you know 
exactly what the system needs to do.  So, maybe a list of all documents and 
document types (each employee can send their own list), and you know, who 
needs access when and where, and so on and so forth.

My only point is simple -- know exactly what you want the program to do, and 
then shopping will be more efficient/effective.  For example, do you need 
on-site as well as off-site access?  How many off-site access accounts do 
you need?  Will that change over time?

Maybe you already know all this stuff.

Hope this helps a little.  There are some *real* experts on this list who 
I'm sure will have good things to say.

Best,

heidi

Heidi Arnold, M.A.
Aspen Editing
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