Online Document Management: How Manufacturing Companies Benefit

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Online Document Management

• How Manufacturing Companies Benefit?

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Online Document Management

• Online document management helps companies do
  the ever-present directive of doing more with
  less.
• Numerous departments with different functions
  operate within the organization. Each and every
  department has its own information requirements.
• The workflows can be complex and require
  sophisticated online document management
  solutions.

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Online Document Management

• Every company, especially manufacturing firms,
  need to control and reduce costs. In addition,
  online solutions can present a host of benefits.
• Manufacturing companies must find
  differentiators in service delivery and getting
  products to market quicker.
• Online document management systems can help do
  these things.

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Online Document Management

• Cross department communication and cooperation
  helps fine-tune internal manufacturing processes.
  Online document management systems help achieve a
  higher level of synergy.
• Each department produce various types of
  document in a wide range of formats. Online
  document management systems can help organize the
  vast collection of information.

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Online Document Management

• Online document management replaces manual
  processes.
• Users within each department can access
  information across the company.
• Manufacturing organizations can share
  information among employees, allow review for
  multiple people, allow approvals from appropriate
  individuals and streamline department workflows.

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Online Document Management

• Meaningful Business Benefits
• Reduce labor costs for all document-related
  functions.
• Eliminate storage costs for physical paper
  documents.
• Improve customer service.
• Integrate all company information.
• Comply with regulatory requirements.
• Centralize information.

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Online Document Management

• Maintain integrity of documents.
• Employees work more productively.
• Enhance information security.
• Overall, companies perform at higher levels and
  save time and money.
• Online document management can also scale as you
  need it.

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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