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Active vs. Archival Document Management

Document Management

Active vs. Archival Document Management

Organizations seeking improved control, efficiency and profitability of their paper-based business processes often have their documents scanned and utilize document management software for centralized file storage, access, search and retrieval. While this can add great value, even more value can be realized from processing your active documents with workflow automation and document management software. Why…

How Variable Lookup Indexing Takes Document Scanning to the Next Level

Document Scanning

How Variable Lookup Indexing Takes Document Scanning to the Next Level

While scanning documents is an excellent first step to your company’s digital transformation, you need to organize files in order to quickly and easily find and retrieve them afterwards to make the project a success. Document indexing achieves this by capturing unique information from each document such as an invoice number, date, vendor name and…

Ensure Business Process Integrity with Workflow Automation & Exception Handling

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Ensure Business Process Integrity with Workflow Automation & Exception Handling

To optimize efficiency and minimize risk when processing documents, organizations must ensure the accessibility and organization of files before any given process is completed. Missing documents must be quickly identified and resubmitted to continue processing and avoid regulatory headaches, failing audits, and lawsuits. Two examples of document types where this is important include I-9s as…

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Document Management Improves Record Retention for Your HR Department

Document Management

Document Management Improves Record Retention for Your HR Department

Keeping paper-based employee records is expensive for any company. According to McKinsey, companies that undergo a digital transformation and digitize their business processes are 20-50% more likely to generate economic gains. Storage means square feet, and though a few documents may not seem like much at the beginning, they quickly add up. Human resource departments…

Is It Time for Your Business to Outsource Document Scanning?

Document Scanning

Is It Time for Your Business to Outsource Document Scanning?

So, your company wants (or needs) to scan documents, but you don’t know if you should use an outsourced service, use in-house employee resources or utilize a mix of both. How do you decide what is best for your business? Below are three simple questions that, once answered, will help you identify the right document…

Digitizing Microfilm & Microfiche Brings Them Into the Modern Age

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Digitizing Microfilm & Microfiche Brings Them Into the Modern Age

For decades, microfilm and microfiche have been indispensable tools for researchers, journalists, hospitals and archivists. There was simply no better way to minimize the storage space required to preserve old articles and data in perpetuity while simultaneously keeping them on-hand for perusal at a moment’s notice. Dependable and long-lasting, to this day microfilm and microfiche…

How to Improve Contract Management with Document Management

Document Management

How to Improve Contract Management with Document Management

From initiation through renewal, contract management presents administrative challenges to just about any organization. Add the remote work trend into the mix and both your clients and staff members have to find new methods for file sharing regardless of where people are physically working. For instance, when negotiating a contract, do you know if your…

How Workflow Automation Supports Business Process Improvement