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Business Process Management (BPM) | Capture and Imaging | Paperless Office
In a recent AIIM survey, we asked organizations a simple question: “In the following processes, is the volume of paper increasing or decreasing?” The answers might surprise you.
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Capture and Imaging | Paperless Office
The reality for many organizations is that uncontrolled information – and especially paper -- still has a stranglehold on day-to-day activities. Many tasks requiring review and approval still require physical interactions with paper-based information. There is clearly room and opportunity for business organizations to maximize their information use and value as well as lower operating costs by removing paper from their business processes.
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Business Process Management (BPM) | Paperless Office
Chinese New Year is host to many traditions from tasty, meat-packed dumplings to an all-hours riot of fireworks. Over its two weeks, the whole country erupts in celebration—it’s a sight to be seen. But above all Spring Festival traditions, I have a clear favorite; maybe you have heard of it before: the gifting of red paper envelopes filled with money.
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Although paper is still heavily used in the Insurance sector, the reality is that we’re living in an age where paper is slowing us down. Often referred to as multichannel inbound content, information enters the business in many different ways and in many forms. In addition, the amount of information we are dealing with is on the rise, which means the risk of paper-based information being misplaced, lost, or misclassified is greater than ever.
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In pursuit of the paperless enterprise, it is often easy to lose our way. Projects stall, months pass, and ROI is nowhere on the horizon, and all the while paper continues to rifle through our processes like stubborn weeds. Paper overwhelms the enterprise, and the difficult task to remove it all can cause a crisis of motivation.
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I did a post a while back on 8 Reasons Why World Paper Free Day Matters. That data was drawn from our 2015 survey. Well, here's eight more from this year's research report, 2016 Paper Free: Are We There Yet? Since the 1980s, we have heard about paper-free businesses and the drive to move toward a more digital workplace. At the time, technology and people were not ready for this transformation. Today, the approach to digitally transform businesses has shifted from a technology-first perspective to a more business-centric approach, with paper-free processes becoming a focal point and opportunity for many organizations.
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