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As it stands today, many business still rely on fax communication.

Capture data from traditional documents like invoices, orders, contacts, checks (cheques).

Document scanning and imaging is the process of converting paper documents into digital images.

The Goal of document scanning is to convert documents into usable electronic images. Ideally the process will minimize time, labour, accuracy of data entry and training. Poor image quality delays the delivery of information to users as scan operators re-scan documents. For more information on best practises for scanning and enhancing image quality...

ERP and Legacy applications are still used in your business. Capturing data from print streams is known as COLD (Computer Output to Laser Disc) or ERM (Enterprise Report Management).

Scanners come in various sizes and features, which one is suitable depends on several factors.

Virtual ReScan (VRS)  software adds robust image enhancement features that further reduce the need for manual intervention in the scanning process. 

Often abbreviated OCR, optical character recognition involves reading text.

Bar codes in document management and imaging play a key function in improving: Capturing, indexing, tracking and inetgrating documents for storage and retrieval.

Even one simple intra-company form, such as a vacation time request, can cost a company over $150 per form to process.

An active document retention and destruction policy is critical for any business. Not long ago, the topics of data retention and records management elicited yawns from senior executives. After all, the storing of old documents and E-mails hardly seemed like a strategic imperative. But if those executives are yawning now, it's not from boredom but from being up all night worrying.

With EDMS, two factors influence the selection of storage components: (1) how long the images need to be stored and (2) how often the images need to be retrieved. For long-term storage, microfilm or optical storage is usually preferred over magnetic storage. Magnetic storage is used in applications that require a high retrieval rates but relatively low volume. Optical storage is recommended for high-volume, high-retrieval rate environments. The choice of rewritable versus write-once (WORM) optical disks depends on the user application.

EDMS- Electronic Document Management Services provides users with ability the to manage Microsoft® Office documents such as Word, Excel, Power Point from the creation, revisions and final records. EDMS Services help business units have the right document available at the right time. No more searching for the latest version.

KPIs accelerate seamless and collaborative planning across the organization to ensure that everyone is operating from the same playbook. The success of any performance management program is thus contingent on selecting the correct KPIs. Selection of the wrong KPIs can result in counterproductive behavior and suboptimized results. It is important to bear in mind that although all KPIs are metrics, not all metrics are KPIs.

Today organizations are implementing Workflow and BPM solutions to enable efficiency internally. However there is still a clear majority of organizations that do not allow the business partners to interact with the solutions used internally. True operation efficiency and reduction in costs can be achieved with the involvement of your trading partners.

Workflow can dramatically reduce costs in all business departments and provide vast reduction in administrative costs. Today everyone needs to be on the same page about what the process is, how to manage its performance and how to drive improvement. Each of these facets is critical to sustainable process improvement.

Business Process Management vs Workflow- what is the difference? Working towards explaining the difference and confusion in simple terms.