Electronic billing makes so much sense. Yet, two market traits surprise me: 1. 80% of all electronic payments start out as a paper invoice. 2. Businesses continue to apply the same strategies hoping to... View More
Applying Six Sigma process improvement methodology and electronic content management (ECM) technology to documents currently stored in email, shared network drives and paper can result in a significant... View More
Technology has been both a boon and a bane to large corporations. On the one hand, it has helped them move massive amounts of information to evermore people. On the other, it has created a monster they... View More
Since the earliest articles on “moving to the cloud,” there has been a tint of color to these articles that suggest inevitablility and ease of getting there. While time will reveal the truth... View More
It’s not debatable; the digital world is expanding faster than most of us can keep up with. The trends all show an accelerating growth in the connected world. Gartner estimates that worldwide device... View More
The third right in my mind is the most important: the Person—ME. Is there anyone more important? Let’s take a very common situation: eating out. I frequent several restaurants in my area on... View More
\"The Potential Marketing Opportunity of Big Data.\" \"Large-Scale Customer Data Breaches.\" Stories like these have factored prominently in the business headlines thus far in 2014, placing companies’... View More
LEAN and digital signature technology results in 79% improvement in efficiency, 78% reduction in waste and customer service response time decreased from 2 or 4 days to ½ day. What is LEAN?LEAN,... View More
A recent survey by the DOCUMENT Strategy Forum of executives and senior managers revealed that prospective conference attendees ranked collaboration as the number one conference session choice. This is... View More
Everyone wants to get things done better, faster and cheaper. Yet, many firms are still struggling with multiple manual processes for their publishing review and approvals. A pragmatic approach to process... View More
What are paperless technology abilities, risks and benefits? Abilities include functionality to capture, receive, store, index, version, route, approve, manage, retain and dispose of electronic content.... View More
I was reading an article titled, \"Sanction Imposed for Inadequate Implementation of Litigation Hold,\" where the discussion focuses on the defendants\' efforts to preserve information and the efforts... View More
As we discussed in the first post about the Four Rights, the essential underlying tool is the need to develop an effective data collection strategy. Once we have some data patterns on our intended targets... View More
It’s undeniable: The market trend toward multi-channel communications and integrated customer experience is accelerating at an increasing pace. Organizations are rushing to keep up with the demand... View More
In a recent survey conducted by the DOCUMENT Strategy Forum, executives, senior managers and program managers reported that the single most important benefit they are seeking to improve is the customer... View More
“Consumer 3D Printing: A Market At War With Itself” examines keys to growth potential in consumer 3D printing in terms of hardware development and whether open-source or closed-source development... View More
As I travel around the globe consulting and talking to business leaders from all different vertical markets, I am drawing one interesting conclusion about content delivery that is a bit disconcerting.... View More
Why process innovation and paperless technology? Paperless technologies, such as scanning, capture, recognition, digital signature, electronic content management (ECM), workflow and retention/disposition,... View More
President Obama\'s joint memorandum, which I wrote about in my last column, clearly demonstrates a need for governance and accountability. Given this, information governance becomes the focus and, as a... View More
Cloud-based document management solutions are the best alternative to accommodate the mobile workforce. The real key in cloud is mobility, empowering users to leverage a unified central repository where... View More
