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By Bill   Thomas

From my “DocuBLOG”   column

Bill works for USA-ONE   Interactive

What exactly is document management?

Document management systems are becoming and extremely popular tool especially for small and medium sized businesses. It helps these businesses save not only time but also a substantial amount of money, thus making them more productive and profitable. Here are some of the ways in which a document management system can help automate you business
Fast user adoption

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Unlike complex and tedious software, a document management system is a very user friendly interface that integrates itself with most Window based applications like Microsoft Office. This factor along with ease of use is one of the key factors to its success as a tool in businesses.

Increasing productivity

Using a document management system is an extremely effective way of increasing the productivity of you business. It save the time and the error factor that there could be when one is handling documents made of paper and when storing files or shared drives and personal folders.

Cost saving

Investing in a document management system not only increases productivity but also saves costs. A system like this could help you save costs on back office staff that is generally required to maintain documents and it also streamlines the efficiency of your staff hence making them more productive and increasing revenues.

An alternative for sharing files

Most document management systems will replace the concept of shared file servers, thus eliminating the probability of files getting lost, duplicated or deleted without any control.

Managing and storing emails

Document management systems also incorporate email capture and communication thereby allowing for auditing and greater security.

Managing records, imaging and storage

Apart from all of the above mentioned features a document management system also maintains records in accordance with the set policies, thus identifying, storing and disposing of them as per the requirements. It also allows for scanning and storage of paper documents, thus enabling you to truly have paper-free office.