Keep policies, procedures, and work instructions current, and know the right people have read them.
Trusted by enterprises for 40+ years
Built-in guideline templates.
Start with predefined guideline templates, and add your own.
Corporate governance
Information security
Privacy and GDPR
Compliance and risk
Write it. Approve it. Publish it. Confirm it's read.
Every guideline has to move from draft to approval to publication — and then actually be read by the right people. Next Guidelines controls the entire lifecycle automatically, so there's always one authoritative version, and always a clear record of who's read it.
Structured authoring and review
Every guideline follows a controlled lifecycle from draft to publication. Multiple authors collaborate before designated reviewers and approvers validate the content. Clearly defined responsibilities mean only approved information reaches employees. The result is consistent documentation with clear ownership and accountability.
Controlled publication
Employees always see the current approved version from the day it takes effect. Older revisions stay securely archived with full version history, so auditors and compliance officers can trace exactly when each change was introduced and who approved it. At any moment, there is one authoritative version, with no ambiguity.
Automatic review and ownership
Policies and procedures should never fall out of date. Each guideline has designated owners and authors responsible for keeping it current. Review dates, periodic reminders, and management dashboards surface outdated documentation long before it becomes a compliance risk.
Mandatory reading and acknowledgement
Publishing a guideline is only the beginning. Next Guidelines automatically assigns mandatory reading based on organizational role, department, and location.
Employees receive personal reading tasks and reminders until they confirm the guideline has been read. When someone changes role or department, they automatically receive the additional guidelines relevant to the new position. Managers get complete visibility into outstanding acknowledgements across their teams. Now everyone knows exactly who has read critical company guidance, and who has not.
Built-in compliance.
Every significant action is automatically recorded in the Next business log. That gives you automatic documentation of:
- Who authored the guideline
- Who reviewed it
- Who approved it
- When it was published
- Which version employees acknowledged
- When acknowledgements were completed
- Complete revision history
The result is documented compliance and far simpler internal and external audits.
Corporate guidance library.
Next Guidelines creates a single trusted source for up-to-date corporate guidance. Employees quickly find approved policies, procedures, and work instructions through search, structured navigation, and metadata. Duplicate documents disappear, and everyone works from the same approved guidance.
Part of the Next platform.
Next Guidelines is fully integrated with the rest of Next, and works directly with:
Next Contracts
Automate your contracts, from draft to renewal.
Draft contracts from your own templates
Speed up approvals with automated workflows
Sign with eIDAS-compliant e-signatures
Track every renewal and deadline automatically
Next eCMS
One source of truth for every client document.
Capture documents and mail from any source
Keep client data out of inboxes
Govern retention and access automatically
Open documents inside your core systems
Next Invoices
Get every supplier invoice under control.
Capture any format from any source
Code every invoice by your rules
Approve from anywhere, anytime
Post and release payments automatically
Next Requisitions
Control spending before it's committed.
Raise requisitions from built-in templates
Enforce four-eyes approval on every purchase
Apply Delegation of Authority automatically
Auto-approve and post matching invoices
Next Casework
Turn everyday tasks into structured, compliant processes.
Assign work automatically by role
Guide each step with built-in checklists
Verify decisions before a case closes
Log every action in the audit trail
Key benefits
- Create a single source of corporate guidance
- Standardize governance across the organization
- Ensure employees always work from the latest approved guidance
- Automate mandatory reading and employee acknowledgements
- Maintain clear ownership and scheduled reviews
- Demonstrate compliance during internal and external audits
- Reduce operational and compliance risk
- Create a single trusted source of organizational knowledge
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