26 articles
Knowledge Management · Aug 21, 2026
The Build vs. Buy line has Turned Horizontal: How to Ground Business Apps in a Solid Document Foundation
For years, the build-or-buy decision was made vertically. Buy the whole application from a specialist vendor, or, with the rise of AI-powered ‘vibe coding’, build the tool yourself fast and cheap...
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AI · Jul 8, 2026
AI Assistants for Knowledge Management: Should You Build, Buy, or Both?
Getting AI agents or assistants to 50 or 60% accuracy with a standard RAG architecture may be fairly easy. However, that’s far from enough for most business use cases.
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Blog · May 5, 2026
Building a Manufacturing Quality Management System
Many organizations that have been around for a few years may already have “Quality” in place but it might be informal or incomplete. Others might not have even begun the process of developing a quality culture, but know that they need to “do something”.
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Blog · Mar 3, 2026
GPSR Compliance for Retailers: How AI Document Processing Turns a Regulatory Burden into Operational Intelligence
The EU’s General Product Safety Regulation requires retailers to track defects, manage alerts, and demonstrate timely corrective action. For large retailers where product safety data arrives from dozens of sources in various formats, the answer isn’t more manual work.
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AI · Oct 7, 2025
Why Retailers Are Rethinking Customer Complaint Processing in the Age of AI
One handwritten complaint can sometimes slow down an entire team. Processing it manually risks errors that can negatively impact client satisfaction.
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AI · Sep 2, 2025
Automating Legal Document Review with AI
Contract review is like a silent tax on every legal department, costing time and budget. The heavy workload of manually processing contractual documents demands speed, accuracy, and consistency, making AI-powered contract review a valuable way to support first-level analysis while lawyers verify the results.
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AI · Aug 1, 2025
Stop Chasing Supplier Emails: Faster and Safer Validation – The New Way
Managing supplier documents by email can slow down procurement workflows. Explore a more efficient approach to validation that reduces delays and errors. Procurement professionals deal with a constant flow of supplier documents.
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AI · Jul 3, 2025
Three Practical Ways AI Can Simplify Vendor Selection for Procurement
Reviewing Requests For Proposals (RFP) and tender submissions can be a bottleneck and a drain for even the most experienced procurement teams. Dozens of supplier proposals, hours spent extracting key details, and endless cross-checking to make sure every option is adequately evaluated.
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Compliance · Jun 30, 2025
AODocs Solution Supports Financial Services Compliance with Google Workspace
Staying compliant with SEC and FINRA retention rules and regulations has long been a challenge for financial services firms striving to move fast without sacrificing control. Our partnership with Google Workspace provides an out-of-the-box records management solution.
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AI · Oct 8, 2024
Legacy Systems: Are You Missing Out on Gen AI Document Processing Opportunities?
What’s the real price of standing still? On paper, keeping legacy IT systems using software licenses purchased long ago seems cost-effective. After all, the tool is available to the whole company for a reasonable yearly maintenance cost.
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Blog · May 9, 2024
FileNet Version End of Support and Your Next Move
FileNet support depends on the installed component and release. Check current IBM lifecycle dates and support terms before comparing a supported upgrade with migration.
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Blog · Apr 23, 2024
Turn Microsoft SharePoint End of Life into a New Beginning
SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019 reached the end of extended support in July 2026. Check the exact edition and compare supported upgrade, migration and replacement paths.
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Blog · Dec 21, 2023
The one big mistake to avoid when navigating away from FileNet
For a number of reasons, you’ve made the decision to migrate from FileNet. Now it’s time to identify the alternative solution that best meets your organization’s specific requirements.
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Blog · Nov 29, 2023
Definition of GxP: What Is GxP?
What is GxP? GxP are the quality standards and regulations for a specific field or activity. GxP revolves around two main regulatory pillars: accountability and traceability.
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Blog · Jul 25, 2023
Automate phase gate processes in manufacturing
Phase Gate – also called stage gate – is a project management principle that can be leveraged in many lines of business including new product development, investing, and manufacturing.
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Blog · Jul 10, 2023
SAP workflows: how to simplify your approval processes & more
This 2023 article describes an integration developed with GreenSharp. The AODocs and SAP connector adds cross-departmental value for large organizations. SAP is a leading ERP but its core expertise is the transactional core.
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Blog · May 19, 2023
Where Do Quality and Safety Management Systems Intersect?
When organizations start talking about Quality Management Systems (QMS) and then the conversation moves into Safety Management Systems (SMS), many will do a double-take and wonder “Hey… Wait a minute, aren’t these the same thing?”
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Blog · May 11, 2023
QMS: calculating the cost of quality
The Cost of Quality (CoQ), also known as Quality Costs, is the cost related to the number of resources used to maintain the quality of products. It also includes the costs associated with detecting, correcting, and preventing issues with the product, both internally and externally.
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Blog · May 10, 2023
Implementing QMS for life sciences with validation as a service
This article discusses the historically described AODocs for Life Sciences Validation as a Service approach and the intended-use responsibilities organizations retain when assessing supplier evidence.
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Blog · May 10, 2023
A smart contract repository is a must-have for all businesses
The first and most essential step to better manage your legal contracts is to set up a centralized contract repository to store all your contracts. A contract repository is a place where all your contacts are stored.
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Blog · Apr 23, 2023
How financial services companies can be FINRA compliant
Navigating FINRA compliance can be overwhelming for financial organizations, especially when dealing with complex rules and operational constraints. Explore the challenges of staying compliant and the risks of manual oversight.
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Blog · Apr 21, 2023
What life sciences organizations should do before investing in a quality management solution
Before selecting a life sciences QMS, identify the requirements applicable to the products, activities and records, then translate that scope into testable software and process requirements.
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Blog · Apr 18, 2023
How to resolve non-conformity reports with QMS
How many engineers does it take to change a lightbulb validate a Non-Conformity Report (NCR)? My AODocs colleague, Maxime, was once working on a project that required 17 different construction engineers to validate one NCR. Think about that for a moment.
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Blog · Apr 12, 2023
QMS best practices: eight ways businesses can develop quality culture
Building an internal quality culture is as much a part of the “quality story”, in an organization, as understanding and implementing industry standards like ISO 9001.
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Blog · Apr 12, 2023
Do you need a contract Management software? Assess your current process
Contract management software, also commonly named Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) software, allows businesses to automate their contract management process from end to end, reducing time to signature while ensuring contracts comply with your policies and processes.
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Blog · Mar 25, 2023
Replacing SharePoint with Google Workspace and AODocs
With the evolution from Enterprise Content Management to a Content Services Platform, there should be a fundamental shift in how these platforms function within and outside the Enterprise.
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