An Enterprise Content Management system (ECM) helps to eliminate the waste and redundancy of paper administration. But it can also help to reduce human error. This case study examines an example from the manufacturing industry and illustrates the impact electronic document management can have on an Accounts Payable department. A global manufacturer of commercial carpeting Continue reading

Relying too heavily on paper documents to conduct business is a competitive disadvantage. Computer technology, digitized content, and massive storage capacities have exposed paper document management as an expensive liability. If you are thinking of ways to efficiently manage documents and other content in your business, and to overcome 

For too many organizations, “records retention” means storing paper documents and files in boxes in the office basement, or at an offsite storage facility. Managing paper records is extremely time consuming and arduous, so the default policy is to “save everything until we run out of space.” Today, technology presents a more practical and effective Continue reading

Office administrators, CIOs and IT managers interested in taking their company paperless with an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system sometimes wonder where to start. After all, mountains of paper don’t go digital at the drop of a hat. Going paperless is a journey more than a destination. And like any journey, it begins one step Continue reading

Can you think of a single product or service that hasn’t gone through a simplification process? Simplification is frequently measured from the point of view of the user, because they use things that are easy to operate. This is exactly the idea behind modern ECM solutions. Simplifying your document management processes and creating efficiencies for Continue reading

Trying to find a specific document in the company’s shared drive can be a nightmare, especially when the network drive contains a mind-numbing array of folders and subfolders, created by different people at different times. Consider the time wasted by high value employees when they engage in a low value task […]

When a new, enterprise-wide software solution is implemented, the enthusiasm is often limited to the IT department. Other employees throughout the corporate structure often greet these developments with trepidation, and even anxiety. They worry that learning the new system will make their jobs more complicated. Even worse, they worry that they are being automated right Continue reading

No matter what you do, you probably have to deal with a colossal number of routine tasks that distract you from what’s really important in your business. This is true in all professions, from artists to police officers to chefs. And for anyone working in an office, it is a fact of life.

Your business probably already has a system, software solution, or other plan in place to help your employees manage documents.