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While document management solutions on the market today deliver a host of benefits related to efficiency and productivity to businesses of all sizes and in all industries, many misconceptions about the technology still remain. Below are five document management myths, along with some helpful insight to help dispel these common misunderstandings.
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Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Myth # 1 – We won’t save that much time or money if we cut paper out of our business processes. Reality: Time is money! Organizations that effectively use their workforce, technology, and innovation can improve customer service, decision making, and quality of goods and service. Leveraging an ECM solution can drastically cut the time it takes to get work done, freeing employees to focus on more important, revenue-generating, or core organizational activities.
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Making an ECM implementation successful requires planning and attention to detail. The best way to create the right solution is to identify organizational goals and priorities. Learn how to manage a successful implementation in our free guide.
Intelligent Information Management (IIM)
I just got back from vacation. We go to perhaps the most boring place in the world for vacation, but that's how I like it. The place is called Buxton, NC, on the beach at Cape Hatteras. Whenever they give hurricane directions, they always refer to our beach. In thinking about the 30 years we've spent at this strange location, it occurs to me that my time at the beach has been characterized by three main phases - phases that map directly to the revolution going on in information management.
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One of the things I find interesting when I have conversations about the potential business impact of social technologies is the business person who says something like, "I have too much information coming at me right now. And besides, we already have a way for people to connect together, and it works perfectly well, and it's called email."
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Automation | Document Management | Paperless Office
How do you do more with less? Reduce your reliance on paper processes and start automating your workflow? Can you really create a paperless office? Why has this been a pipe dream until now?
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No professional is an island. We are always engaged in some form of collaboration, whether we are working with colleagues, customers, or partners. As AIIM members know, one of the most visible ways that we collaborate is on documents. We all work together to create budgets, improve presentations, and build sales proposals.
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