Document Scanning in Ontario: Is Your Company a Candidate?

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Document Scanning in Ontario

• Is Your Company A Candidate?

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Document Scanning in Ontario

• There are two major decisions companies in
  Ontario consider when it comes to document
  scanning
• The benefits they get and
• If they should buy the technology to do the
  scanning in-house or outsource to a scanning
  service provider.

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Document Scanning in Ontario
Most everyone accepts the principle that moving
away from paper documents and go for electronic
formats got more benefits. For one, it can lower
the costs by improving efficiency.
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Document Scanning in Ontario

• Benefits of digitizing files include
• no need of office space for storage of files
• save money by reducing need to ship in more
  paper
• extends the life of documents
• valuable information can be saved with a good
  backup system
• share information faster and easier

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Document Scanning in Ontario

• Motivating Factors for Document Scanning in
  Ontario
• Ask these questions to determine how beneficial
  scanning is for your business
• How long does it take to retrieve documents in
  your office?
• Are documents lost, misfiled or damaged?
• Do you have to physically track down paper
  documents to help your customers?
• Is there a need to share documents to other
  employees?
• Do you have limited storage spaces?
• Do employees in different locations need to
  access some documents?
• Are spending for storage?
• Do you need your documents to be available for a
  long time?
• Do you need to comply certain government
  regulations like the HIPAA?
• Are you concerned about your paper documents
  during natural disasters?

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Document Scanning in Ontario

• Using A Document Scanning Service
• Realizing the huge potential of document scanning
  in Ontario, the next move is to choose
• - In-House Scanning or
• - Outsource Scanning
• But you dont want to spend on equipment and
  staffing resources.

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Document Scanning in Ontario

• Outside scanning service can be great for you.
• Vendors can provide a wide range of services to
  choose from.
• Your employees will have more time to be
  productive.
• You can save time and money by outsourcing your
  document scanning projects.

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About the Author

• Kevin D'Arcy is VP of Sales and Marketing for MES
  Hybrid Document Systems, Ontario's leading
  document scanning and document management
  supplier. For more information about Document
  Management in Ontario, visit http//www.mesltd.ca/
  service.html?id10