The information age is upon us. For most companies and their employees, that means a constant barrage of electronic documents, email, paper forms, images, enterprise reports and other data. Recent studies from Gartner, Aberdeen Group and other analysts tell part of the story.

For example, in an average office:

You can see from the previous statistics that many offices are losing the document handling battle. However, if they leverage document management systems, they can dramatically reduce the time and cost associated with hunting down important information.

Electronic document management was initially invented to reduce the amount of space required and time needed to store and access documents, but as the types and complexity of documents has evolved, document management has evolved as well.

A properly implemented electronic document management system may:

• Triple information processing capacity
• Reduce time wasted searching for information by up to 50%
• Provide immediate access to decision-critical data
• Reduce document storage space up to 80%
• Create a secure, fail-safe system
• Organize, secure, and provide instant access to documents
• Dramatically increase productivity
• Generate a competitive edge
• Increase organizational responsiveness
• Facilitate revenue gains
• Contain and/or reduce document handling costs
• Demonstrate a rapid, continuous ROI

We feel that Alchemy is one of the best systems available for small and mid-sized businesses to achieve superior document handling results. Alchemy, the Captaris document management solution, allows users to capture, store and index information from a variety of sources including email, paper forms, electronic documents, images and enterprise reports. Based on the correct authorizations, users can retrieve or share information and transfer or store the data on CDs, DVDs, jump drives, hard drives or other media.

If you are ready to see how document management can improve the efficiency of your organization, contact us today for a readiness assessment.