Is document imaging and management better than a paper filing system?
Sometimes paper is necessary. When this is the case, we recommend The Paper Tiger, which enables you to use a software program to retrieve your paper files instantly. When a paper version is not necessary, document imaging and management is the way to go! How does document imaging compare with a traditional paper filing system that is not based on a software retrieval program? According to a study by Cooper and Lybrand, the average document gets copied 19 times, and of course, many of these copies also get filed. Why? Documents are filed in different categories and by different file titles so they can later be found. Yet 7.5% of all documents get lost, and 3% are misfiled. Thousands of organizations around the world use document imaging as the basis for their document management system. Heres why: • INSTANT RETRIEVAL: Unlike for paper files, users do not have to physically leave their desks to search for and retrieve files. • FLEXIBLE INDEXING: Indexing paper documents in more than one
