Document Center Inc. is closed today, Monday, December 31st, and tomorrow, January 1st, for the New Year’s Holiday. We will be back on Wednesday the 2nd to process your orders!
Best wishes for the New Year!
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Document Center Inc. is closed Monday 12/31/2012 and Tuesday 1/1/2013
Monday, December 31st, 2012Happy Holidays from Document Center Inc.!
Monday, December 24th, 2012Document Center Inc. wants to thank all our customers for a great year this year! We’ve released the new version of the website and our web traffic has doubled. Sales are up and customers are making more use of our services than ever. StandardsForum.com is also doing very well, showing that there is a need for expert information on the standards you use in your businesses.
It’s been our 30th anniversary year, and we’re delighted to have been able to serve the standards industry during this time. It’s been amazing to see the transformation of the sector as new technologies are made available for creating and distributing information.
We will be closed on Monday December 24th and Tuesday December 25th. And then next week, we’ll be closed Monday December 31st and Tuesday January 1st. Our staff is taking advantage of the quiet time of year to be with family and friends and hope that you are able to do the same.
Happy Holidays!
Document Center Inc. celebrates 30 years in business
Thursday, December 13th, 2012Document Center Inc., a leader in online distribution of technical standards and compliance information, is celebrating it’s 30th anniversary in business this year. Based in Silicon Valley, the company has been selling standards since 1982 and on the web since 1993. Document Center Inc. offers out-sourced management services for standards collections for ISO-9000 and FDA compliance, as well as individual document sales. It is among the top 3% of women-owned businesses in the U.S.
President Claudia Bach is a well-known figure in the standards world, with the honor of being a Fellow of the Standards Engineering Society. Her take on information distribution is that there is a real need for expertise in engineering and compliance information. ”With so many of the traditional venues for procuring technical information moving to the web, there is a real need for a resource to assist the average standards user understand the form, content, development and control of technical information. This is the niche that Document Center fills.”
This anniversary year has been marked by a major upgrade in the company’s website, with a new look and feel as well as improved tools for discovering relevant standards. There are easy links to standards sorted by both ICS (international classification) codes and FSC (U.S. Government procurement) Codes. And new and trending documents can be easily reviewed right from the home page.
Customers rely on Document Center Inc to not only sell them standards, but to assist them with the numerous questions that arise when trying to implement a standards program. There are few sources of no-charge standards expertise, but Document Center continues to provide such help thanks to the support of it’s many customers.
Then too, Document Center has the most timely and comprehensive updating services in the business. The various notification services the company offers provides thousands of standards users with timely information on the many updates that occur with regularity to the standards catalog.
Customers continue to rave about Document Center Inc. and it’s superior customer service. Says one long-time client, “Document Center has been our preferred (and nearly exclusive) source for technical specifications and references for the 22 years I have been here at Allied Engineering. Service, value and skilled staff are the reasons why. We wish you 30 more.”
Find out more at Document Center Inc., www.document-center.com. Or contact us by phone (650-591-7600), fax (650-591-7617) or email (info@document-center.com). We’re here to assist you with all your standards requirements.
Have you seen our updated website www.document-center.com lately?
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012At the beginning of the month we switched over to our new website, www.document-center.com, and if you haven’t visited it in a while, you’re going to like the new look and functionality.
The site has a number of ways for you to find the documents you need, like our Lists by Industry Sectors and Standards by Regulation pages. When you use our search function, you’ll get straight forward results pages, and informative document pages for the standards you use.
You’ll also enjoy the ease of ordering on our updated site. Standards are available for you to order in paper or pdf format. Reviewing and refreshing your shopping cart is easy and finishing up your order is a breeze.
You can use the new site to learn more about standards as well. We have pages on the basics of standardization as well as our “Standards U.” for advanced training.
Our customers love the new site and we’d like to know what you think, too. Contact us at info@document-center.com, or give us a phone call at 650-591-7600. Here at Document Center Inc. we’re working hard to help you succeed using the standards you need.
New address for Document Center Inc.
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011Document Center Inc. had an opportunity to consolidate our library from 2 smaller units into one larger space recently. So we have moved to a different location within our business park.
Here’s our new address for your records:
Document Center Inc.
121 Industrial Way, Suite 8
Belmont, CA 94002-8208
USA
Our phone number, fax, email and website address are all unchanged.
We will be faxing new W9′s to our customers shortly. Meantime, please update your records.
Thanks so much!
Do you have any Standards questions?
Monday, May 3rd, 2010For my next blog topic, I’m going to answer a common question these days — How come there’s so many different editions of ISO documents available?
But in the meantime, if you have any issues or questions that you’d like illuminated, please send along a comment to my blog. I’m actively looking for new subjects to write about!
Finding Standards Expertise Again
Thursday, April 1st, 2010As owner of Document Center Inc. since 1985, I’ve seen tremendous changes in the world of Standards. And the change that concerns me the most is the lost of Standards Expertise.
Three trends have caused the loss of personnel with real knowledge of standards, the standards process, and how to manage standards collections.
The first was MIL Spec Reform during the mid-1990′s. When the Department of Defense decided to get out of the spec-writing business, the migration to industry-managed standards was a costly exercise for many business. Information that had been free or extremely low-cost was suddenly 5 to 10 times as expensive. Of course, the true migration of cost was from tax-payer money to fees from the actual document users. But the pocket book effect significantly reduced the number of standards most businesses used. With this reduction came the first loss of standards personnel as large standards libraries became obsolete.
The second trend was the Internationalization of Standards. As companies started using non-U.S. documents, the price differential was immediately noticeable. European information has come with a high price tag. Again, price pressure caused a reduction in documentation and the personnel to manage that information as companies strove to lower their out-of-pocket costs.
And finally, the repeated down-sizing and loss of manufacturing facilities in the United States has left many organizations without employees who understand what Standards bring to business. Thus, many companies are limited in their ability to use Standards to their best advantage.
Having been in the business for over 25 years, and hearing customers express confusion about Standards every day, this blog represents the perfect opportunity to discuss common Standards and Standardization questions.
I also look forward to discussing trends and issues that are more strategic in nature. In my mind, standards are one of the foundations of our economy and well-being. I look forward to being part of a process that improves the effect they have on our world.