Options to Distribute the document: At this stage the author has the option to 'View Document' or 'Distribute Document'. Selecting 'Distribute Document' provides two options to distribute the document - either “Comm Distribution” or “Manual Distribution”.

Comm Distribution: When Comm Distribution is chosen the user has the opportunity to type an email message that will be sent via email with the document.  This message will be sent to all who have been selected in the Distribution list. 

In this example an email message is typed in.

Manual Distribution: When Manual Distribution is selected the user has distributed this document without using the email feature in TIMS and is required to detail how the document was distributed.

In this example there are external clients who do not need to receive the document, we will select manual distribution and record that the document was delivered by hand.

Issued Design Instruction Documents: The documents screen will show which documents have been issued.

In this example the Documents window shows Version E-DI-001 has been created by Alistair, approved by Alistair issued on 21/08/2020 and document not uploaded.