The Benefits of Online Document Management
December 6th, 2009 | 
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These online systems have the advantage of being able to be accessed from anywhere in the world and allows for the fast transfer of documents.
The advantages
The advantages of using an online document management go beyond simple cost savings due to faster retrieval times and smaller physical storage spaces. Electronic systems for managing documents also offer extra benefits such as efficiency of workflow and information management.
These are some of the main improvements an online system for managing documents could bring to your business:
• Create more space and less clutter as you’ll no longer have to hold large paper file archives
• Reduce misfiled or lost documents
• Improve control of documents
• Reduce the business risks of just keeping one copy of files
• Easier compliance with Freedom Of Information Act
• Easier compliance with industry legislation
• Keep track of who did/saw what and when
• Share information between remote offices and workers
• Integrate information held in documents with other databases
• Capture large volumes of information from documents
• Create online archives of documents
• Archive paper, emails, faxes, MS Office documents in a single system
Who benefits?
An online document management system can accommodate documents that have been created electronically as well as scanned-in documents.
Web-based DM systems are useful for all types of businesses in various sectors. Organisations in the engineering sector, for example, often use web-based DM systems for the efficient storage and retrieval of drawings. They are also used by organisations such as the Ministry of Defence, National Archives and the Home Office.
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