The Datamax Thinking Blog

Educating, collaborating, and sparking ideas for maximizing the technology that matters.


Going Green With Digital Document Management

With Digital Document Management, you'll appreciate a more attractive bottom line, and Mother Nature will appreciate your eco-friendliness.

When it comes to companies trying to become more environmentally friendly in their day-to-day practices, technology usually isn’t an option that comes to mind as a means to go green. On the contrary, technological advancements, such as electronic document management software, make it easy to be eco-friendly by offering simple solutions to older, more traditional methods.

Through electronic document management, you can convert paper documents into digital content, allowing your business to go paperless -- or at least use less paper. Since the documents are stored and filed intuitively, access is quick and easy.

Topics: Document Management DatamaxGreen

So How Do You Know They've Really Got IT Covered?

The truth is, “offering it all” does not guarantee one can responsively “cover it all.”

From single-source to one throat to choke, you’ve probably heard it all.  The typical pitch of a technology provider who claims they can offer it all, or can do it all. If unchecked, its a grandiose pitch can lead to a not so grand predicament. The truth is, "offering it all" does not guarantee they can responsively "cover it all."

Unfortunately, such a pitch is sometimes too close to call, with many a company experiencing technology that was over-promoted and under-supported—neither empowering nor relevant.

Topics: Partnering Technology Support Creating Raving Fans

The Document Management Decision—The Stats That Say Just Do It

The average office spends $25,000 to fill a four-drawer file cabinet and $2,000 annually to maintain it.¹

It's no wonder that organizations are more active than ever in pursuing solutions to streamline traditional methods of managing documents. Without the assistance of document management software, organizing documents, emails, scans, electronic faxes, graphics, Internet content, etc., is frequently a manual process that is very time intensive. Essentially, a dated management style that just doesn't work in today's digital, fast-paced office environment. Add in the burden of “Big Data”and the challenge of information management is bigger than ever.

Topics: Document Management Document Workflow Legal Tips and Tools

How To Find The Right IT Partner

Finding the right partner can be very challenging. Our MSP Partner Checklist can help steer you in the right direction.

IT is an often misunderstood and sometimes scary topic for business owners and executives. You know what you want from your information technology, but have absolutely no idea what is involved to get you there. The responsibility to deliver the desired end results falls on either internal IT staff or through collaboration with a IT Managed Services Provider (MSP). The challenge becomes finding IT talent with the expertise to implement appropriate technology (how are you going to find that if you don't understand

Topics: Network Management Partnering Managed Services IT Consulting

The Change Management Factor ... How To Achieve MPS Roll Out Success

A successful MPS roll out depends on a change management strategy and a partner who understands its value.

Change is a common word that affects everyone, and is something we're experiencing more and more every day.

Topics: Partnering Print Management Managed Services

NPS ... A Straightforward Metric For Customer Satisfaction

The key to the Net Promoter Score® is to have a persistent focus and pulse on what your customers really want.

As a company leader, you may often contemplate ... "What's the best approach for properly measuring customer satisfaction and loyalty?"

Topics: Partnering Creating Raving Fans Productivity Tips and Tools Net Promoter Score

Blaze Your Path to Cost-Effective Document Workflow

Blaze the way to efficient and cost-effective document workflow.

Whether you manage a small workgroup or a large, document-intensive enterprise, your business has its own unique paper trail. That trail might be easy to navigate or filled with costly bottlenecks and inefficiencies. Without a clear document workflow strategy aligned to your business goals, you risk wasting time, money, and employee productivity.

If you’re not sure where your trail leads, now is the perfect time to work with an experienced guide to map your route, identify obstacles, and choose a better path.

Discover Hidden Costs in Your Paper Trail

At Datamax, we bring more than 60 years of experience helping businesses analyze their existing document workflows. Our team specializes in identifying:

  • Manual, error-prone steps that delay processes
  • Uncontrolled print costs
  • Security risks with sensitive documents
  • Disconnected systems slowing down approvals

We help you uncover the avoidable obstacles that increase costs and frustrate your teams.

Advanced Document Management Solutions

Our portfolio includes best-in-class multifunction copiers, digital production systems, and color graphics technology from industry leaders like Canon, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, and Dell. We don’t just deliver hardware—we design integrated solutions that:

  • Maximize your existing assets
  • Improve document workflow efficiency
  • Control and reduce printing costs

Our Business Process Consultants act as your trailblazers, guiding you to sustainable cost savings and productivity gains.

Bridge the Gap Between Paper and Digital

We also help you digitize paper workflows, transforming documents into secure, easily accessible digital files. With our document management software and automation tools, you can:

  • Speed up approvals
  • Enhance document security
  • Integrate seamlessly with your business applications
  • Reduce physical storage costs

Ready to Blaze a Better Trail?

If you’re ready to design a more productive, cost-effective document workflow, let’s talk. Our Business Process Consultants are equipped to analyze your current processes, recommend improvements, and implement the right technologies to help your people work smarter.

Contact us to schedule your workflow consultation today.

Topics: Document Management Office Equipment Document Workflow

Does Your Office Technology Partner Have More Than Just A Hammer?

What does your technology partner have in their toolkit?

Perhaps you’re in the process of building your business. Or maybe it’s already built and time to remodel, expand or simply retool. Regardless of the stage of your business, one thing’s for certain. Your blueprint is like no other.

Your people. Your workflow. Your goals. Your technology. They are just a few of the many facets that form the unique structure of your company and set you apart from your competition. The way they interrelate significantly impacts your bottom-line—that’s why it’s imperative that your office technology partner is equipped with the mindset and necessary tools to construct a solution that’s equally as distinctive as your business.

Topics: Office Equipment Partnering IT Consulting

Document Search & Rescue

Safeguard your company’s information lifeline with high-powered Document Management.

Document management. It’s the difference between copying a record 30 times and scanning it into the computer system once. It’s making four trips across the building to retrieve a file versus uploading it directly from the computer. Essentially, it’s the key to a more streamlined document workflow distinguished by efficient information accessibility, cost-effective distribution and secure records retention. Safeguarding your company's information lifeline requires a managed discipline

Topics: Document Management Partnering Document Workflow Content Management

The Printing Paradigm Shift: Embrace Managed Print Services in Texas

The signs are pointing in a new direction. Powerful Digital Printing and Workflow can help get you there.

Is your office printing draining your budget? Many Texas businesses are rethinking the way they manage print costs. Managed Print Services (MPS) help you reduce waste, control expenses, and free up your team to focus on what really matters. At Datamax Texas, you get a local partner who understands your needs and delivers predictable savings.

Topics: Office Equipment Partnering Document Workflow