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>> 5 Secrets to Successfully Deploying Shared Document Scanning Services

 The recession has forced organizations to look for new ways to reduce expenses and drive efficiency.  And, the fact is, most organizations could be making better use of their operations infrastructure. 

>> Organizations Focusing on the Strategic Benefits of Outsourced Document Scanning and Data Capture

Demand for outsourced document scanning and data capture services is reaching an all-time high. But the demand has a lot less to do with cost-cutting than you may think. Companies of all sizes are placing outsourcing at the center of their business strategy to focus more of their resources on their core competencies to better compete in the global market.

>> The Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make When Deploying a Document Scanning Solution

Recent studies have shown that document scanning remains one of the top technology priorities of organizations, regardless of their size or their vertical market. Little wonder: when properly deployed, document scanning solutions deliver a tremendous payback – in terms of cost savings, faster turnaround, better quality, streamlined compliance and more. But mistakes during system implementation can undermine even the strongest business case for a document scanning solution

>> Organizations Shouldn't Overlook Financial Shared Services in Their AP Automation Planning

In search of ways to wring costs and inefficiencies from their financial operations, many companies have wisely focused on accounts payable (AP) processes, which are still largely labor-intensive at most organizations. (Need proof? Consider a survey released by International Accounts Payable Professionals in which AP professionals identified manual data entry as their top job challenge.)

>> Banks Need to Think Bigger to Heal the Healthcare Industry’s Payments Processing Pains

When it comes to payments processing, the healthcare industry is facing chronic ailments.

>> Shared Services and the Paperless Office

Like a Connecticut street in the springtime, the road to the paperless office is riddled with potholes.

>> Going Green with ECM

There’s no doubt that reducing or eliminating paper-based processes presents clear and sizeable economic advantages.  In large part, these cost savings have driven the demand for enterprise content management (ECM) solutions.  But digitizing paper-driven processes is also an essential component of the sustainability, or “green,” initiatives now underway at companies large and small.

>> Orlando Health Implements New Capture Solution to Electronify Records

Orlando Health is one of Florida’s most comprehensive private, not-for-profit healthcare networks. Serving the needs of the community since 1918, Orlando Health’s facilities, advanced medical treatments and procedures and highly qualified staff have distinguished the network as a healthcare leader for nearly two million Central Florida residents and 4,500 international visitors annually.

>> Come Together

A recent customer win by ibml is more than just another feather in the company’s cap. It is also indicative of two trends that have taken hold in the revenue departments of state governments and are expanding to county and municipal governments: the push towards shared services and consolidated payments and document processing. Based on its momentum in shared services and the flexibility of its document scanning platform, ibml believes that it is well positioned to capitalize on these trends.

>> The Evolution of Document Scanning

Document scanning and data capture are mature technologies that have enjoyed a

significant amount of penetration and success at large organizations. The growth

rates for these ....

>> Companies Missing Out on Big AP Savings

  In today’s economic environment, cost containment is key. Over the past 18 months,

organizations have turned over every proverbial stone in search of operations savings

and improved productivity.

>> Thinking Outside the Box to Improve ECM Payback

 Great minds think alike. But, when it comes to enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, like minds can be a problem.

>> The Care and Feeding of Your Scanning Operations

The television infomercial for a popular kitchen appliance tells viewers that they can
“Set it and forget it!” While that claim might work for rotisserie ovens, it’s a bad idea for
scanning operations.

>> The Growing Trend for Centralised Scanning

For many years, the scanning function within most end user organisations has lain
at local, departmental or workgroup level. At the same time, Business Process
Outsourcing (BPO) companies have typically followed an application-specific
approach to capture projects. Business requirements are shifting, however,
and more organisations are centralising their document scanning. Ashley Keil
explains why.

>> "What are you doing here?"

With all of the banks and financial services companies participating in this week's Healthcare Payments Automation Summit (HPAS) in Boston, the healthcare providers and payers in attendance could be excused for momentarily thinking that they were in the wrong place.  But they weren't, and neither were their fellow attendees from banking and financial services.