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External document update notifications

Discussion in 'ISO 9001:2015 - Quality Management Systems' started by hgp123, Apr 27, 2020.

  1. hgp123

    hgp123 New Member

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    Hi all, new user here.

    I did some cursory searching on the forum but couldn't find what I was looking for.

    Does anyone have a good automated method to receive notifications when a new edition/revision to specifications or standards is released? IHS Markit wants $500/year for a subscription to their notification service which seems outrageous since this should be an automatic process. Are there alternatives available that take the tedium out of having to manually check on a regular basis for new documents?

    Thanks!
     
  2. Andy Nichols

    Andy Nichols Moderator Staff Member

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    Hello and welcome:

    I don't believe there is. I don't know how much of a premium you put on your time or how many standards/specifications you deal with, but $500 doesn't seem to me to be too bad, unless you're in the world of ISO 9001 et al, in which case it's certainly not worth it.
     
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    yodon Well-Known Member

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    It appears that if you purchase from the IEC Webstore, they will send you an alert if the standard you purchased there was updated. I recently got notice from them of updates to IEC 60601-1-2 and -1-6. I don't know if the others provide such a service but it's nice they do (and maybe that'll influence others).
     
  4. hgp123

    hgp123 New Member

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    OP here.

    I found that TechStreet offers the exact service I was looking for free of charge. For those interested, you can set up an account with TechStreet and then navigate to a document's page and click the TrackIt button to receive notifications of document updates.

    Like I was saying, IHS Markit wanting $500 for an automated service like this is ridiculous.

    Hope this helps.
     
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