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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

Document Security Goes Mobile

As digital files become more prevalent, there will be an increased need for mobile security strategies and tools.

There have been many advances in the world of document workflow, specifically in regards to the capabilities found in the new breed of Multifunction Printers (MFPs). For years, MFPs have provided businesses the combined ability to print, copy, scan and fax from a centralized device and now, with the integration of powerful document workflow applications and the proliferation of mobile computing, they are enhancing business process like never before.

As a result, the MFP is more than just your average print output device; it has become the hub

Topics: Network Management Office Equipment Document Workflow Print Management Mobile Printing IT Consulting

Paper Trail Blazers

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

Whether your company has a small workgroup or large, document-intensive enterprise environment, it has its own unique paper trail. Your trail might be an easy path to traverse, or more difficult with mountains and valleys. Regardless of your trail’s topography, if it hasn’t been mapped and aligned with your business goals, how do you know if it’s the best route for your company? If you’ve been blindly trekking your trail, now may be a perfect time to find a guide that can help you actualize and improve your course.

Topics: Document Management Office Equipment Document Workflow

Focus on Your Forte

Free yourself to stay on target and get back to business—your business—with Managed Services.

Take a moment and ask yourself two questions...

  1. How much time do you spend keeping up with the day-to-day operational needs of your business? and
  2. How much time is then left for you to actually spend on "the business?"

Chances are, if your company is managing everything alone, you don't spend as much time as you could on the business at hand. Organizations have a multitude of facets that are all continually

Topics: Network Management Document Workflow Print Management Managed Services

Propel Your Processes and Proceeds

Ignite your business engine and watch your processes accelerate with Document and Business Process Management.

You have key processes that run your business engine, and most of them revolve around your people and document workflow. It should come as no surprise, then, that in order for your business to grow and get to where it wants to go, those processes need to function like a well-oiled machine. For many companies, however, business processes haven't been thoroughly analyzed and documented—let alone identified—and their engines are merely putting along.

Topics: Document Management Document Workflow Content Management

Document Movers and Shakers

Carve new document-based strategies to move your paper-high mountains and shake-up your paper-laden workflows.

In today's high-speed office environment, companies are increasingly ushering time-consuming, paper-laden workflows to the wayside. Why? They've discovered that with a well-conceived document management strategy, they can more easily traverse their document-based challenges and carve a smoother, faster path for maneuvering their paper-intensive mountains (or moguls).

Topics: Document Management Partnering Document Workflow

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

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

Create. Print. Copy. Distribute. Before the advent of digital technology, it was the standard document workflow. Sure, it got the job done, but it wasn’t necessarily the most efficient or cost-effective way to get documents where they needed to go. Over the years, the expansive capabilities of digital technology have spurred a remarkable metamorphosis—driving companies to view document workflow from an entirely new perspective and significantly transform the way they do

Topics: Office Equipment Partnering Document Workflow