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Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
As I think about the challenges of managing content in the next few years, what are the wildcards of which we should be aware? What are the factors that will increasingly shape and structure the future environment in which we all must manage documents, content, and records? When I talk to current and potential customers of our technologies, what are the things they say that keep them up at night?
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Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Content Management outsourcing is gaining popularity due to the various options that are available to those who are seeking assistance - such as project-based consulting or staff augmentation. The outsourcing model offers access to skills, experience, and resources that many organizations would not otherwise be able to obtain due to the financial commitment required to recruit, hire, and train these specific proficiencies in-house. However, selecting the partner who can best meet your needs is not always as easy as you might think. The following considerations should be taken into account when assessing the outsourcing talent pool:
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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.
Capture and Imaging | Document Management | Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Remember when placing the blue recycling bin next to the copier and encouraging employees to duplex their print jobs made you feel like you were doing your part to help the environment? The sustainability expectations set for corporations today have never been higher, and many are realizing that the benefits of going green with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) extend beyond being viewed as a good corporate citizen to significant cost savings and increased worker productivity.
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Business Process Management (BPM) | Electronic Records Management (ERM) | Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
By now, you’ve undoubtedly heard about AIIM’s certificate courses in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Electronic Records Management (ERM), Business Process Management (BPM), and Modern Records Management, which lead to the AIIM Specialist and Master designations. And of course, the Certified Information Professional (CIP) certification, which sits across all four. If you haven’t completed at least one certificate program yet, here are seven reasons why I wholeheartedly recommend you doing so!
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Business Process Management (BPM) | Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) | Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
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Document Management | Enterprise Content Management (ECM) | Sharepoint and Office 365
Saving money is the most significant current driver. Compared to recent years, cost-saving has taken a clear lead over compliance as the primary business driver for investments in document and records management. Tracking the most significant business drivers over a number of years shows regulatory control and associated compliance risk peaking in 2007 with a fall back in the last two years to cost savings. This is obviously due to the economic downturn - which was in part caused by insufficient regulatory control. We feel that compliance and risk avoidance may rise again once the dust settles over the many regulatory lapses and forced mergers.
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