Posts by Eren Thibadeau
Step Into The Cloud, It’s A Soft Landing!
The benefits of content management systems, (also known as paperless office systems), aren’t new, they offer enhanced customer service, multiple ways to retrieve documents, and reduction of storage space. What is new? Fairly new, that is? Content management systems hosted on the cloud. When I started at Deau in 2003, I remember competing with…
Read MoreLess Paper … More Profit
In the Enron/Worldcom days, people laughingly referred to the ROI of a document management system as “Reduced Opportunity of Incarceration.” Compliance was a key driver. While these compliance benefits are still relevant, the benefits are far more positive and proactive than just ensuring the defensibility of your business processes. Yet, how does a paperless office…
Read MoreGeek Speak Decoded: The Acronym Series, Part 2
Part 2: Image Formats, and why all PDFs are not the same I’ll warn you, this will be less of a list you can make flashcards from and more discussion about the qualities of the formats. Once you get a scanner, there are a lot of options for how you scan documents, and how you…
Read More5 Ways Document Scanning Eases the Burden on Your HR Department
Are You “SCEER”ed? It may be a misnomer to say that “document scanning eases the burden on your HR department,” because the benefits derive from much more than scanning. There are always costs associated with any department in an organization, but using less paper drives costs down while effectiveness rises, which makes for a more…
Read MoreGeek Speak Decoded: The Acronym Series, Part 1
The more research I do about CM, BPM, and ERM systems, the more I realize that the information management world is full of acronyms. Acronyms that only mean anything if you know what they are talking about to begin with. When I was younger, and hip-hop and R & B were very popular (while I…
Read MoreWhat The Heck Is Workflow & Why Is It Important To My Business?
Digital transformation proponents keep talking about “workflow,” but they are marketing it to everyone. I know. Your business is special. No one does it like you do. That’s what makes you different, and what makes your customers stay with you. Successful businesses identify a need, hire good people, and solve real problems that often don’t…
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