Design Controls

Phase gate and document your entire design process

High-tech product development is difficult enough due to complex technology, market and competitor factors. The smart high-tech companies lower their risk by investing in process, methodologies and tools to improve their chances.

Product development lifecycle support

Cognidox supports your full product development lifecycle. It can be integrated with a range of product development tools. This approach offers:

standardised product development structures, requirements and approvals
the removal of silos between development teams
full traceability of decision making processes when carrying out post-mortems – aiding continuous improvement
scriptable command line client to enable hooks into source control tools
use of SOAP APIs to perform actions programmatically
automate the release of software and release notes into a single document for review and approval
manage complex files such as PCB layouts, CAD drawings, training videos and more

Cognidox can act as your product lifecycle management (PLM) system when combined with software development tools and/or CAD systems. Or it can sit alongside your PLM system, providing document management, project management and approval/review functionality.

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Cognidox allows the quick set up of structures for a new development project. With it you can:

establish project categories
import standard template documents - ensuring naming conventions are followed
set up who needs to review and approve the required documents in each Holder for each phase
allow a single document to reside in multiple locations, preventing undesired document duplication (e.g. a product manual or base code)

Effective gate control

Gates provide a point during the development process where an assessment of the quality or completeness of a phase is undertaken.

Cognidox uses "Document Holders" to create a set of linked documents that can form gate requirements for approval. The Document Holder is a controlled document that can't be approved until all the documents that are contained within it are approved as well.

This offers a great way for senior management to have final say on whether a product development moves onto the next phase.

You are able to create project overviews that can be viewed in a web browser by converting spreadsheets with links to project documents. These can then be incorporated into the Business Management System KPIs.

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Security and release management

In high tech product development, you need to control your IP to be in control of your business. Cognidox allows you to control the release of sensitive IP to customers, suppliers and internally.

Our Lean DMS provides you with the ability to create a branded extranet with a full licensing engine, giving you:

granular access and dedicated partner login
a secure way to share controlled info with customers, suppliers, etc.
a way to easily monitor which of your licensee's users have downloaded content

Don't just take our word for it.

The search facility sits at the top of the interface at all times and is extremely powerful and quick, and the advanced search facility is excellent.

David Ahern, CEO at Coalesce Product Development

The system is flexible and can easily be customised to your organisational needs. The price point makes it an option for small companies that could benefit from an eQMS but do not have the funds to go with the more popular packages.

Linda Garrod, Quality Consultant at Ivdeology

Cognidox is by far the easiest eDMS/eQMS to use and scores with full-equipped access, without the need to buy/install/grant access to different modules. In addition, Cognidox is independent of any file type and does not use third-party "logic", such as MFiles or the like.

Guenter Duerr, Director at Capsero

Cognidox has transformed our QMS by having one easy-to-use system for all our teams to access, and is saving us time with the manual processes of document control and scheduling.

Claire Raeburn, Quality Compliance Manager at Tissue Solutions

The entire process from demo, training and implementation has been wonderful. The acceptance of the tool within the organization was very fast and growing by the week! This is a very versatile product and is simple to use. The workflows are very powerful and helps build compliance to several standards with ease.

Prasanna, COO

Cognidox is easy to use and simplifies processes! The support and training provided are fantastic.

Julie Errington, Clinical Trials Manager at NCCPG

The software is very intuitive and configurable. The Cognidox team is friendly and approachable, and understands our needs. All in all, a powerful offering.