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Video highlights document workflow automation

Curious how business process can be made more efficient and less error-prone? One way is to eliminate all the paper and put the necessary controls over processes so that tasks are performed with precision and accuracy. A new 3-minute introduction to paperless document workflow shows how business processes can be automated with the help of document management software. It's...

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Document Locator v6 includes business process automation and reporting

Today marks the release of ColumbiaSoft Document Locator v6.  Version 6.0 enhances many of Document Locator’s greatest document management features including seamless integration into Microsoft Windows Explorer and Microsoft Office while expanding into new areas including business process management and real-time reporting analytics for all of ColumbiaSoft’s customers.  We are excited to see how...

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Ways to Green Your Business on Earth Day

On this 40th anniversary of Earth Day, more people - and businesses - than ever are searching for ways to get actively involved and reduce their carbon footprint. The people of Planet Earth have come a long ways in 40 years, but we are all still learning new ways to go further in our environmental efforts. We've seen the rise in...

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Digital documents expands an employees ability to work remote

A recent trend I am seeing with our customers is the desire to enhance their business infrastructure to support having employees work remote.  This arrangement benefits businesses in a number of ways including helping employee morale, allows for business continuity when weather strikes, saves space on real estate, and allows for increased

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Here's some interesting facts about paper…

I read somewhere recently that the Environmental Paper Network (an organization with a "treatise that is meant to unify the efforts of environmental organizations in advancing environmental and social responsibility within the paper production and consumption cycle") has calculated that if businesses were to cut their paper usage by 10%, it would reduce by 1.6 million tons the amount of...

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Microsoft Windows 7 Impact on Business Part 5

Part 5 - A Viable Solution Realizing the benefits of effectively organizing and indexing documents is only the tip of the iceberg when you consider the possibilities provided by a fully-featured document management system.  I have witnessed how companies have successfully refocused their employees from performing unproductive roles like constantly searching lost...

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Microsoft Windows 7 Impact on Business Part 4

Part 4 - Productivity with Document Management Document management systems are designed to provide organizations with the tools necessary to capture and leverage their electronic content.  Modern document management systems will at minimum incorporate traditional indexing and searching functionality.  More advanced

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