Document Management Software and Workflow Automation
Standards consistently change, companies are downsizing, how is all of this affecting accounting departments? When manager’s are unavailable, and executives are out of town, how do processes continue? Bill Kennedy takes us through some of these concerns, as well as his own experience struggling with inefficient accounting processes himself.
The biggest problem with our HR processes isn’t that they stink
It’s that they stink, and we know they stink, and yet we don’t do anything about it!
So…now what?
The spoils go to the competitor that best leverages data. Not to the company with the most data and not to the one with the highest quality data, but to the competitor that can effectively use all its data. So how do you get your business over its addiction to paper? Pam Baker describes three real world ways IT can get management and employees to move data off of paper and into your digital systems.
Bill Kennedy explores some of the most pressing AP problems, the things that keeps accountants up at night. Anything that makes an accountant have to drop everything and scour through filing cabinets, dusty boxes and storage warehouses looking for critical documentation always keeps an AP clerk up at night. So what do you do about it?
Changing accounting standards always bring about headaches for accounting departments. What do you do when new rules and regulations require you to get back 10 years of financial documentation? Traditionally, you scour through files, folders and cabinets searching for what you need-and hopefully you find it. What if there was a better way?
They say 99% of what you worry about will never come true – but in HR that 1% that does come true – keeps us up at night! No matter how careful you are, slip ups do occur and situations will rise, some that may have actually been entirely out of your control. Eventually, in HR, we all make some bad decisions that lead to some of our most outrageous mistakes in our career. So what do you do when such a mistake is made- as in, asking an illegal question?
nexAir, a Memphis company which specializes in distributing gasses such as oxygen and nitrogen, started going paperless in its accounting department and quickly realized the rest of the company was wasting paper and money as well. They quickly learned the benefits of the paperless way after it adopted a workflow management solution in 2008. See how a workflow management system transformed their business, and the steps you can take to go paperless as well.
Microsoft is a convenient fallback for many companies; they utilize the program because it is what they are accustomed to. Over 100 million people currently use Microsoft products in fact, but that certainly does not mean it is the best solution for your business. The researchers at iDatix looked deep into SharePoint and discovered five key areas where the program falls short. The following points challenge you to take a fresh look at what SharePoint is really doing for your business-or not doing.
Educational institutions outline that America is not “right on the edge” of going paperless, but can it be? From board meetings to managing student records, schools are finding ways to make workflow management work for them. Christopher Dawson from ZDNet spells out some of the benefits.
Although document management and workflow can be extremely helpful for cutting down paper use, improving customer service and enhancing employee access to information, financial companies need to be careful, as there are many regulations that need to be taken into account. Without analyzing your current processes and planning properly, there is a high risk of failure.
With mounds of paperwork and a long line of new applicants every day, First Sun Management Corporation, which owns 51 Wendy’s franchises, has decided to implement a new document management solution in their human resources department. The company needs it.
Gartner’s new 2011 Magic Quadrant for the Enterprise Content Management industry report shows that the landscape of the industry is experiencing quick, dramatic changes. According to CMS Wire, while many areas of IT are under budget constraints, enterprise content management and document management software continue to grow. Gartner’s report shows that in 2009, the enterprise [...]
The increase in information and documents being used in business and government today has resulted in a surge in paper use. Many government bodies have started to see the positives in driving their business toward a paperless solution, and document management can go a long way toward helping with that. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, the [...]
