An effective drawing approval workflow is essential to a document control system.

Drawing approval workflows can either be conducted in ‘series’ or in ‘parallel’. When a drawing approval workflow is conducted in series – the drawing has to be reviewed by one user before it goes on to the next. When the workflow is conducted in parallel, the drawing can be reviewed simultaneously by several users.

To facilitate an effective drawing approval workflow, all required users must have access to the drawings.

TeamBinder is a web-based drawing collaboration system that can save project management staff both time and costs by expediting the design process. Delays that are normally associated with the approval process are reduced due to users being able to work from several locations and review the documents as soon as they are released. TeamBinder provides both series and parallel workflows, and users can access requirements can be defined.

The TeamBinder collaboration system ensures ease of use and maintains a record of all uploads and downloads, comments and approval/rejection status.

QA Software recommends TeamBinder as a web-based document management software solution and QDMS/QTRAK for LAN based systems.