Office Document Strategies Blog

2014 Canadian Postage Increases Show Need For Process Changes

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Feb 26, 2014 @ 09:02 AM

The announcement by Canada Post that they will raise postage rates by up to 35% after  March 31 2014 is an indication of how decisions of outside forces can significantly affect businesses adversely.  Whether it is postage, taxes, utilities, key supplier price increases or any other item the ability of most businesses to absorb these kinds of impacts is a challenge.  Individually they might be small but collectively the bottom line impact can be significant for any business.

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Topics: Postage meter, postage rates, workflow processes, document management, postage machine

12 Signs You Should Invest in Electronic Document Filing

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Feb 19, 2014 @ 13:02 PM

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Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Document, paper filing, Less paper office

Kodak Imaging Business Gets New Name | Kodak Alaris

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Sep 11, 2013 @ 11:09 AM

Part of the saga of Kodak's bankruptcy protection has come to an end as the Kodak Personal Imaging Business and Document Imaging Business is given a new name by the new owner the UK Kodak Pension Plan.  Kodak Alaris will be the new name, maintaining the Kodak identity but showing that this is a new entity.

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Topics: Software, Scanning, document management, Kodak

Canadian Based Cloud Document Storage Is Needed

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Aug 27, 2013 @ 07:08 AM

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Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Hosted document management, Canadian Legislation

Floods,Derails, Storms & Power Outages Promote Document Management

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Jul 30, 2013 @ 07:07 AM

I have worked in the document management field, earlier called document imaging till some of the copier vendors grabbed that title, for almost sixteen years now.  In all that time I have never had as many enquiries about document management, scanning services, workflow and cloud electronic storage as in the past few weeks.

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Topics: cloud computing, document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Hosted document management, docucapture, office document strategy, paper filing, Paperless office, Less paper office

Electronic Filing Facilitates Document Retention Scheduling

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Jul 16, 2013 @ 08:07 AM

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Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Paper shredding, paper filing

Kodak Document Imaging Businesses Sale to KPP Good News

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Mon, Jun 24, 2013 @ 07:06 AM

Recent news announcing the approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York of the Kodak Comprehensive Settlement with U.K. Pension Plan is good news for the document management business.

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

Pick The Right Document Management System to Meet Your Needs

Posted by Adrian Smele on Thu, Jun 13, 2013 @ 07:06 AM

There are hundreds of different document management systems that you can choose from when you decide to organize your filing into a structured system.  We often get clients asking us how they decide which one works for them without going crazy and taking way too much time researching to be worth the effort?

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Topics: document filing, document management, server software, Hosted document management, docucapture, Document

Merging Document File Types Requires Document Management Strategy

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Apr 30, 2013 @ 07:04 AM

Most businesses today have a composite document collection they have to deal with. 

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Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Document, paper filing

BDC Offers Information Technology (IT) Focused Financing for SMBs

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Fri, Mar 1, 2013 @ 13:03 PM

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Topics: document management, VoIP, IT network