DXC FirstDoc is the longest established market-leading electronic document management system (EDMS) designed for the life sciences industry.
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In today’s fast-paced regulatory environment, it is imperative that staff be able to access documents from mobile devices remotely, and quickly, easily and securely. Typically, in such situations, users need to view a document for approval rather than for in-depth review. With DXC FirstDoc mobile capabilities, regulatory decision makers who are outside the office can access just the right amount of information in a format that’s readable on their mobile devices.
Key benefits
Simple and personal: DXC FirstDoc approaches the user experience from the regulatory professional’s point of view. By making all functions easier to access and simpler to navigate, users can feel empowered and confident in performing their tasks — without time-consuming workarounds. Users can personalize their screens, move or hide content, and share information with others to collaborate more efficiently. DXC FirstDoc’s intuitive user interface is easy to master for both novice and advanced users, requiring only minimal training.
Efficient, effective compliance management: DXC FirstDoc ensures compliance through a proven, reliable rules engine that complies with 21 CFR Part 11 and global submission standards, and years of internal audit best practices. Consistent workflows help users meet complex international regulatory standards and processes by simplifying compliance adherence.
Improved productivity, flexibility and collaboration: DXC FirstDoc’s strong yet flexible permissioning structure allows companies to define permissions broadly or at a very granular level. This flexibility is now extended by allowing access via smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, enabling collaboration between internal and external contributors in a controlled, audited and efficient manner. Users can search for and bookmark favorite documents and create collaboration spaces where they can work more easily with affiliates, business partners and contract research organizations.
Reduced cost of ownership: DXC FirstDoc lets you do more with less. By removing unnecessary dependence on third-party software, FirstDoc reduces costs and minimizes the effort to retain certified, compliant environments. Enterprises can reduce operational and infrastructure costs by using private, public and hybrid cloud environments. With DXC Agility Platform™ blueprints, DXC FirstDoc can be quickly and cost-efficiently rolled out, with new releases easily delivered to customers, with limited effort or involvement from them.
Key features:
Mobility: DXC introduces mobility to our next-generation software, DXC FirstDoc, to help regulatory decision makers respond rapidly to submission documents and remove any potential roadblocks in bringing products to market. The mobile app gives users access to DXC FirstDoc on their iOS and Android devices. The DXC FirstDoc mobile app provides the basic functionality that users need to keep the workflow going even when they are away from the workplace. DXC FirstDoc mobile features include:
- Reviewing and approving. Review and approve capabilities let users browse documents on their mobile devices and submit approvals. Push notifications enable users to be alerted immediately when a task is assigned to them, and to-do lists help users organize and prioritize ongoing tasks.
- Collections. This function is a set of documents that are selected by the user, providing an easy way to group in a cart- like collection those documents that are regularly used together. The user can group documents as Private Collections or Shared Collections, which allows groups of documents to be easily shared.
- Searching. Powerful search capabilities include Simple Searches, also known as quick searching or full-text searching, which are executed against the repositories the user is connected to, so multiple repositories can be searched at one time. Saved Searches are advanced search criteria users can save for later use, and Shared Searches are saved searches that can be shared with other users or groups.
Best-in-class rules engine: The market- and industry-leading DXC FirstDoc rules engine draws from the best practices of small and large life sciences companies — and more than 200,000 life sciences professionals — that use the system. DXC FirstDoc leverages the robust functionality of Documentum and adds features necessary to meet the demands of the highly regulated life sciences environment.
User-defined collections and libraries: Users can create custom document groups, built from “favorites,” that relate to specific projects, work streams or products. These workspaces are then used by individuals or shared with a team to help speed up the review and editing process. In addition, DXC FirstDoc lets users create libraries and share them across the organization, which allows teams to work more efficiently from a single point of view into corporate regulatory information.
Secure collaboration: Document authoring, review and approval processes in DXC FirstDoc are managed in a secure, controlled environment, including those processes performed by external partners — all while maintaining the rich functionality and security of Documentum.
DXC’s Regulatory Business Automation Software portfolio
DXC FirstDoc is part of DXC’s Regulatory Business Automation Software portfolio, an end-to-end suite of products and services that cover the creation, review, approval, consumption and exchange of regulatory content for life sciences organizations.
The DXC Regulatory Business Automation Software portfolio uses automation to simplify document creation and the submission process, creating efficiencies and shortening cycles.
Organizations also benefit from DXC’s global reach and vast experience in regulatory submissions, which helps guide companies through every step of the complex regulatory submissions process.