While the technology that drives document management marches forward (Windows 7, SQL Server, .NET), the business objectives of the clients are essentially unchanged. Clients greatly need solutions for
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
I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday break! Here in Portland we were blessed (some might choose other adjectives) with a white Christmas. Portland typically has a very temperate climate thanks to its proximity to the ocean, however this December we were inundated with snow. The winter blast provided the local kids with some...
Time and time again, we are approached by prospective customers who want nothing more than to escape the shackles of their existing system and find a better document management system. They're frustrated with their legacy system’s functionality, interface design, and the "customer-no-service". Having experienced the drawbacks of their existing systems, they are easily...
The recent solvency and credit crisis resulting in $85B in government secured loans at AIG has affected valuations on Wall Street, brought skepticism to Main Street, and threatened to undermine the insurability of tens of thousands of AIG’s customers. For one AIG-insured Document Locator customer,...
So here's a recent success story worth a mention: A manufacturing company that implemented Document Locator into their Quality department received a higher return on investment than they anticipated. The process resulted in the company receiving...
For employees whose job dictates that they regularly create new documents, having access to an intuitive and easy to use version control system is a major advantage. Early in my career I distinctly remember the struggles I experienced creating specification documents, training guides, and other business related documentation. Authoring...
Document management systems provide users the capability to index documents using metadata attributes. These index attributes, when applied in a consistent fashion, can provide users with the capability to quickly find and retrieve associated documents. The question is... how do you enforce consistent metadata indexing for all of your documents? Relying on free-form text to...
Included in Document Locator v5.2 are several enhancements to the workflow system. One enhancement already generating enormous fanfare in the user community is the overhauled notification system. Previous generations of Document Locator dutifully rendered and distributed email messages to the appropriate users notifying them based on the required task....
The term ‘document management’ has been employed by marketers to describe a broad spectrum of business functions including document scanning, version control, document retrieval, document creation, electronic and paper archiving,...
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