Office Document Strategies Blog

Desktop Scanning Comes Of Age

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Mon, Jan 24, 2011 @ 11:01 AM

Scanning has become a staple of most offices that use multifunction printer - copiers.  Through these devices users have the ability to capture paper documents and use them in their everyday business. E-mailing has overtaken faxing largely due to the ability of businesses to easily adopt scanning.

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Topics: Multifunction Printer, Scanning, document filing, video, document storage strategy

High Volume Scanning Gets Stopped By Lack of Support

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Fri, Dec 17, 2010 @ 16:12 PM

 

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Topics: Scanning, document filing, document management, office document strategy

The Best Scanning For Your Document Imaging System

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Nov 23, 2010 @ 11:11 AM

 There are three primary ways that you can choose  scanners for your document imaging system.  You  can use scanning capability from a multifunction (MFP) based print device.  You can install a dedicated scanner with network scanning capability or you can use desktop connected scanning from your PC.

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Topics: Scanning, document filing, document storage strategy, document management, MFP

Some People Really Get Document Imaging in Ontario

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 @ 17:10 PM

For over 15 years I have sometimes felt like I was an evangelist as I quoted, configured and promoted document imaging in our area of Ontario, Canada.  In the past couple of weeks I have been gratified to meet and talk to people who have really understood the benefits and are adoptees of the tool.

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Topics: Scanning, document filing, video, document storage strategy, document management, Document, office document strategy

Is Your Paper Filing System Costing More Than Necessary?

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 10:10 AM

  Paper filing systems are a key tool in every office.   Whether yours is a drawer in your desk, many banks of file cabinets or an electronic document system there is a tangible cost to setting up, equipping and using filing systems.  

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Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, document management, office document strategy

Environmental Impact of Office Document Strategies

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 14:09 PM

Most organizations have become much more "Green" in their thinking in the past few years.  Everyone is looking at ways to reduce their footprint and to build cost savings into their operations.

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Topics: BioPrint, document filing, MFP, toner, office document strategy, Environment

Document Imaging for Hamilton - Burlington Professionals

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Mon, Sep 20, 2010 @ 15:09 PM

When looking at the users of document management (document imaging) technology one of the largest groups of adoptees are professionals.  Business professionals like lawyers or accountants and personal professionals like doctors or dentists are learning that storing their records in paper format has become a tedious, risky and expensive process.

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Topics: technology tools, Scanning, document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Document, office document strategy

Legacy Document Management Systems-Is It Time to Consider a Change?

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Aug 18, 2010 @ 13:08 PM

I just came back from holiday.  Getting away from the normal daily activities gives you a chance to look at things in a different light once you return to the regular routine.  My first project back has been to finish up a document management system expansion redesign for a client project.

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Topics: Software, document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Document, office document strategy

File Storage....Do You Know Where Your Data Goes?

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 @ 10:07 AM

File storage in the cloud is becoming a popular tool for many people and businesses.  There are many services which offer you free or low cost storage for video, pictures, and other digital data.  In addition there are many online backup systems available which permit you to store your critical data on remote servers as part of your backup strategy.  These can be very valuable and worthwhile tools and are not to be ignored.

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Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, Document

Paper Filing System Impacts Workflow in Hamilton Medical Office

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 @ 16:07 PM

  Converting a paper filing system into an electronic record system requires several steps and impacts the workflow of the office.  Here is a case in point.

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Topics: Software, Scanning, document filing, document storage strategy, Document