The AIIM Blog

Keep your finger on the pulse of Intelligent Information Management with industry news, trends, and best practices.

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Paperless Office

US Immigration Service and the Challenge of Going Paper-Free

November 6 was World Paper Free Day, sponsored by our friends at AIIM International, who also issued their annual report on how organizations are making progress removing paper from their processes. We celebrated the progress made by many organizations in reducing the paperwork and replacing paper with digital processes.

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Accounting and Finance  |  Paperless Office

Soy Sauce and a Paper-Free Office: An Accountant’s Story

When I think about World Paper Free Day, I am reminded of when we renovated and reduced our office space a few years back. The end goal was a more open, collaborative environment while reducing costs. I spent a lot of time researching and planning for an open-space plan.

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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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Paperless Office

Going Paperless Can Improve Customer Service

Trying to provide good customer service and having any information exclusively on paper is nearly impossible. Customer service representatives need to be able to access all of the customer’s information instantaneously so they can help the customer immediately. Going paperless and using an electronic ticket management system will improve efficiency greatly.

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Cloud  |  Enterprise Content Management (ECM)  |  Paperless Office

How Should Mobile and Cloud Change the Way You Develop Content and Deploy Processes?

Throughout the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) industry, organizations are making strong moves towards mobile content access and process interaction. According to AIIM research, most organizations agree that it is vital not to be left behind. But, this trend has left many asking: How should mobile/cloud change the way our organization develops content and deploys processes? Let's take a look at what the data is telling us:

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Capture and Imaging  |  Mobile  |  Paperless Office

Mobile Is Changing How You Capture and Create Process-Based Content

The twin drivers for change in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) world are mobile and cloud. Mobile technologies unlock access to content on the move, capture to cloud, capture to process, remote workflows, and cloud-based collaboration. But, with any change comes new challenges. There are still many issues to resolve between traditional back-office systems and new cloud and mobile solutions like hybrid options. How is mobile changing how you capture and create process-based content? Let's take a look at what the data is telling us:

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Capture and Imaging  |  Paperless Office

Capture Is More Than Just Scanning Documents into an Archive

Organizations have been scanning paper into digital archives for a long time. The struggle to get rid of paper is not a new one. What's new is that "capture" can be so much more than just scanning paper - businesses can leverage this captured information and act on this knowledge. The focus of information capture is shifting from something that is often done after the fact (often for archiving purposes) to something that is done much closer to the point of information creation (largely for information entering from outside the organization) – as part of the launch of a business process. Below, we've compiled the statistics from AIIM's independent research study on capture and scanning that best illustrate this shift in focus.

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