Document Management System
Nobody is sure which version is the real one
Documents live on shared drives, in mailboxes and on individual laptops. Finding one means asking someone. Knowing whether it is current means asking again. When an auditor or a lawyer asks who approved what and when, the answer has to be reconstructed rather than retrieved.
- Hours lost searching across drives and mailboxes
- Several versions of the same file, none clearly current
- No record of who accessed or changed a document
- Approvals chased by email with no trail
- Compliance evidence assembled from scratch at audit time
Core capability
Central repository with metadata
Documents filed with structured metadata — client, project, type, date, owner — so retrieval does not depend on remembering a filename.
Full-text search
Search inside document contents, not just titles, including scanned documents processed with OCR.
Version control
Every version retained with its author and timestamp, one version marked current, and no possibility of a silent overwrite.
Permission management
Access granted by role, team, project or individual document, with confidential material genuinely restricted rather than merely unlisted.
Approval workflows
Review and sign-off routed automatically, with escalation when a step stalls and a record of every decision.
Audit trail
Every view, edit, download and share recorded and attributable — the evidence an audit actually asks for.
Retention and expiry
Retention policies applied automatically, with alerts before contracts, certifications or insurance documents lapse.
Secure external sharing
Share with people outside the organisation through expiring, permissioned links rather than email attachments.
What changes after launch
Seconds
To retrieve, not hoursOne
Authoritative versionComplete
Audit trail by default6-8 wks
Typical deliveryBuilt for
- Legal and professional services firms
- HR teams managing employee records
- Construction and engineering firms with drawing control
- Regulated industries with retention obligations
- Project-based organisations with heavy documentation
- Distributed teams sharing controlled documents
Connects to
- ERP and CRM systems
- Email platforms
- E-signature services
- Existing file shares for migration
- Single sign-on and directory services
How we deliver it
Six to eight weeks to a working system, with migration running alongside.
Book a CallBook a Call- Weeks 1-2
Document audit
We catalogue what you hold, where it lives, who needs it and what your retention obligations actually are.
- Weeks 3-4
Design the taxonomy
Metadata model, folder structure and permission scheme — the part that decides whether the system stays usable in three years.
- Weeks 5-6
Build
Repository, search, workflows and audit logging, with OCR configured for the scanned material you hold.
- Weeks 7-8
Migrate and launch
Bulk migration from existing shares with metadata applied, then training and cutover.
Frequently asked
Saving creates a new version rather than replacing the old one. Every prior version stays retrievable with its author and timestamp, and only one is flagged current. Simultaneous edits are handled by check-out or merge depending on document type.
Yes. Bulk migration is part of the project, including metadata extraction from folder structures and OCR for scanned documents so legacy material becomes searchable rather than merely stored.
Wherever your obligations require — your own infrastructure or a cloud region you nominate. Data residency is a configuration decision made at the start, not a constraint you inherit.
Every view, edit, download, permission change and share, with user, timestamp and source. It is designed so that an auditor's question is answered by a report rather than an investigation.
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Tell us what you are trying to fix
A short call is usually enough to establish whether this is the right answer for your operation, and what it would take. No obligation and no pitch deck.
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