Digital assets, document and quality management for manufacturing

Document management for manufacturing refers to the systematic process of organizing, storing, retrieving, and controlling various types of documents and information within a manufacturing organization. It involves the use of technology and software solutions to efficiently manage documents, ensuring they are easily accessible, up-to-date, and compliant with regulatory standards.

By implementing robust document management practices, manufacturing organizations can enhance operational efficiency, reduce errors, ensure regulatory compliance, and facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams.

WoodWing's document management solution facilitates collaboration and review processes by enabling multiple users to collaborate on a document simultaneously. It allows teams to provide comments, suggestions, and track changes, streamlining the review and approval workflows. 

Moreover, the solution supports workflow automation, enabling organizations to define and automate document creation, revision, and approval processes. This automation helps streamline the entire process, reducing manual errors, and ensuring timely document approvals.

Quality management for manufacturing refers to the systematic approach implemented within a manufacturing organization to ensure that products or services consistently meet or exceed customer expectations and comply with quality standards. It involves strategies, processes, and systems aimed at continuously improving product quality, reducing defects, and enhancing customer satisfaction.

By implementing effective quality management practices, manufacturing organizations can improve product quality, increase operational efficiency, reduce waste and defects, enhance customer satisfaction, and gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

WoodWing's quality management solutions help organizations ensure compliance with quality standards, regulations, and certifications such as ISO 9001. It provides tools to document quality policies, procedures, and requirements, and track compliance against them. 

The solutions enable the recording, tracking, and management of non-conformances or deviations from established quality standards. It allows users to capture non-conformance details, initiate investigations, assign responsible parties, and track the resolution process.

Systematic handling of corrective actions and preventive actions (CAPA) is being covered as well. The solutions help identify the root causes of quality issues, define and implement corrective actions to address the immediate problem, and establish preventive actions to prevent future occurrences.

DAM for manufacturing refers to the systematic management and organization of digital assets, such as product images, videos, CAD files, marketing materials, documentation, or other multimedia content, within a manufacturing organization. It involves the use of technology and software solutions to efficiently store, organize, retrieve, and distribute digital assets, supporting various functions across the manufacturing lifecycle.

By implementing robust digital asset management practices, manufacturing organizations can enhance collaboration, streamline asset workflows, improve brand consistency, increase productivity, and ensure efficient use of digital assets throughout the manufacturing lifecycle.

The WoodWing's DAM solution enables secure sharing and distribution of assets with internal teams or external stakeholders. Users can share assets via direct links, email notifications, or embed codes, ensuring efficient collaboration and feedback collection.

The solution also includes workflows for reviewing and approving assets or projects. Users can initiate review cycles, assign tasks to team members or stakeholders, track progress, and manage the approval process to ensure efficient collaboration and timely feedback.

Version control ensures that all collaborators are working with the latest version of an asset and provides an audit trail of changes.