Consolidate Devices for Lower Power Bills
Offices everywhere continue to explore how they can reduce their carbon footprint. However, many offices fail to realize that some of the biggest power consumers are copier and printers.
Printing and copying requires a significant amount of heat in order to fuse the toner to the paper. To produce heat, electricity is expended. As the cost of power rises, many offices are determining ways to consolidate print devices.
Automate Business Processes with Barcode-Enabled Documents
Barcodes help businesses run more efficiently whether you are selling groceries or maintaining a warehouse. However, you can now take advantage of the same technology to streamline your certain business processes such as invoicing and fund collection.
Barcodes Save Time and Money
By adding barcodes to critical business documents, information is processed quickly and accurately.
Strategies for Creating a Paperless Environment
Transitioning a paper-based filing system into a digital format can be overwhelming. Especially considering the hundreds of thousands of documents that are probably stored in your company’s many filing cabinets. Even though the term “paperless office” was coined over 30 years ago, many offices have struggled to make the shift.
CBS News Discovers Copier Security Issue
Over the last few years, copy machines have evolved far beyond basic copying. Nearly every copier since 2002 has a hard drive that allows for scanning, copying, printing and emailing. This hard drive, much like the one in your personal computer, keeps a copy of every document that passes through the copier. This regular piece of office equipment can easily become a security nightma
Security and More: Five Reasons Document Management Growth is Exploding
Security and More: Five Reasons Document Management Growth is Exploding
Since the 1970s we have all heard the promise of the paperless office. Yet paper usage seems to grow every year along with the volume of computer data.
Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) allow you to scan your paper documents to create a searchable and secure filing system.
Several trends are driving the rapid adoption of this technology.
Could Your Information Survive a Disaster?
Recent tsunamis, flooding and earthquakes should have you thinking about disaster recovery. If your business were to be hit by a flood or other natural disaster, chances are almost everything would be fine.
- Insurance would pay for building repairs, furniture and damaged computer equipment.
- Critical data would be restored from computer backup disks.
All of this would be replaced in time. But even if it were replaced eventually, could your business continue?
Do Something About a 6% Chunk of Your Budget
Recent research by InfoTrends revealed that the majority of surveyed organizations believed that they were spending 3% of their annual revenue on document-related expenses. The study found that actual overall expenditures on documents were 6% of annual revenues.
Digital Document Storage
Companies face a block to increasing efficiency and productivity in the office place. Studies have shown the average employee spends up to half of their work day searching for simple information. A digital document storage system will not only increase the office productivity but it will also reduce company costs.
Lost documents can create ripples of inefficiency throughout any organization.
How Much is that Paper-based Office Really Costing You?
The dropping costs of hard drive space and the growing number of scan-enabled multifunction systems are prompting many businesses to implement Electronic Document Management Systems.
These systems provide searchable access to scanned information enabling better business decisions and smoother customer service interactions. They also create a much-needed disaster recovery plan and help ensure regulatory compliance.
However, as many companies compare this technology to the old paper-based office they tend to see p
Get Your Business Noticed & Remembered
It can be a daunting task to get your business noticed and remembered in today’s clustered marketplace. Large companies tend to have the budget to finance incredible amounts of advertising, but as a small company, how can you compete?
In a word, Color.
Start by painting a colorful picture for your customers and prospects. Advertisers have known for years that color can be a very powerful tool when communicating. Not only can it be effective in making a statement but it can also increase business.
