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Where should information management live in the organization?

I returned to downtown Washington, DC, last week to teach the AIIM Foundations of Intelligent Information Management (FIIM) course. The class started with some icebreaker exercises, including asking the students to define, in their own words, “What is information management?” There were some fantastic definitions generated from the students for this and other discussion questions throughout the course. However, there was one question that kept coming up over and over again during the course, "Where should information management live in the organization?"

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[Podcast] Intelligent Information Management in the Transportation Industry

On this episode of the AIIM on Air Podcast, you host Kevin Craine continues the “I Am AIIM” interview series with a look at Intelligent Information Management (IIM) in the Transportation industry. What are the challenges and opportunities with IIM in this industry? To find out, Kevin met up with two AIIM Members coming from completely different perspectives of the industry – public sector and private sector.

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14 Steps to a Successful ECM Implementation

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.

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[Podcast] Intelligent Information Management in the Utilities Industry

On this episode of the AIIM on Air Podcast, your host Kevin Craine dives into the world of Intelligent Information Management in the Utilities Industry continuing the series of “I Am AIIM” member interviews. Kevin chats with two AIIM members from the Utilities Industry – Joanna Hammerschmidt, an Information Management Coordinator at a public water utility in Kansas City and John Daly, an Information Governance Manager for the Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District.

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Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

The Break-Up List - A Checklist to Avoid Information Management Issues with Employee Separation

Everyone has a process for onboarding new hires, contractors, consultants, etc. There's a checklist to follow: issue the badge, issue the keys to the office and the parking garage, and of course set up the Active Directory account, the email account, and all the other information management system set-up tasks.

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Best Practices to Gain Advantage with Intelligent Information Management

Organizations around the world invest a great deal of time and money to manage information. The expense of hardware, software, and facilities can add up quickly and costs the average organization somewhere in the range of 3.5% to 7% of annual revenue. So, if you have a $50 million company you can anticipate that you’ll spend around $3 million or so to manage your information every year.

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Enterprise Content Management (ECM)  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

How to Create an Information Management Systems Matrix

Before engaging in any Enterprise Content Management (ECM) initiative in your organization, it is crucial to have a list of current ECM systems or tools and make the proper gap analysis to define the desired state, having always in mind to deliver the right value proposition to the business.

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