Process, Procedure or Policy

Differences between Process, Procedures and PoliciesProcesses, procedures and policies are the guidelines that a company follows to make sure they are operating in a way that is both effective and safe. Every business needs them, however, sometimes it can be confusing as to where one starts and another ends. Often businesses muddle up their use […]

Migrating DocRead from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2019

How to migrate DocRead from SharePoint 2013 to 2016At Collaboris, we strive to follow Microsoft’s lead when it comes to upgrading between product versions. We feel this allows us to provide the level of support that is of consistently high quality. This post explains how to migrate DocRead from SharePoint 2013 to 2019.The steps you need […]

SOPs Manual

Benefits of having a SOPs manualHaving a SOPs manual will help you have a systematic approach to your work. This will ensure that you are always following the same procedures for every single task or project. A SOP manual is an important document for any business. This is because it provides guidelines on how to do […]

Creating an Audience report for your document

Who has read your key documents?Ensuring the right people have read and understood key documents is key to any compliance process. After spending precious time creating your policies, procedures and other important documents, you need to make sure they have the desired effect. The relevant employees need to thoroughly understand your expectations and standards. Today’s […]

Compliance Management For Your Business

Compliance Management for Your BusinessWhat is Compliance Management?Compliance management is a process of managing the compliance risks that can arise from a company’s interactions with its customers, suppliers, partners, and other stakeholders. The goal of compliance management is to minimize the risk that a company’s actions will lead to violations of business or government regulations, […]

What are Policies and why they are important!

What are Policies and why they are importantPolicies, procedures, compliance and adherence are terms that are widely used throughout organizations worldwide. However, you could be forgiven for thinking they are the perfect oxymoron! How can a set of rules intended to maintain standards, be so widely and differently interpreted and implemented?Although different organizations create policies […]

Creating a SharePoint Document Library Dashboard

Creating a SharePoint document library dashboardSharePoint provides excellent opportunities to create document repositories. You may already have several document libraries containing all of your important company information. Policies, procedures, SOP’s, and lots of other types of documents can be stored safely and securely in SharePoint.  This in itself leads to more problems! How do your users […]

How do you know if your new employees have read and understood key documents?

How do you know if your new employees have read and understood key documents?When a new employee joins your organization a smooth onboarding process will ensure they transition to their role effectively. The new employee will want to complete the onboarding process quickly so they can begin their new role. You want to ensure they […]

Create a Reporting Hierarchy in Power BI

Create a Reporting Hierarchy in Power BI Creating hierarchies in your Power BI data provides opportunities to further enhance reporting capabilities. For instance, Power BI will automatically calculate a date hierarchy. This will allow you to drill down from annual data, to quarters, months and days. You can also create bespoke hierarchies within your data to […]

Advanced DocRead reporting with Power BI

Advanced DocRead reporting with Power BI  The DocRead reporting suite provides several reports to help you manage your compliance tasks. The out-of-the-box reporting options allow administrators and line managers to track progress with real-time reports. Whilst powerful out of the box, it’s impossible for the suite to cover more customised reporting requirements. That’s where Power BI comes […]