{"id":777,"date":"2009-02-06T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=777"},"modified":"2009-02-06T07:00:34","modified_gmt":"2009-02-06T15:00:34","slug":"document-management-arguments-for-cost-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/document-management-arguments-for-cost-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"Document Management:  Arguments for Cost Savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In these times of lean budgets and frugal spending, companies are looking for ways to increase productivity and save money.\u00a0 Document and Content management is one area that large companies have known about and used for years to streamline their businesses.<br \/>\nSuch systems were often too expensive for many smaller companies to consider implementing, but that is beginning to change.\u00a0 Small and medium sized companies now are exploring how DM\/CM solutions can help them.<\/p>\n<p>Document Management <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"ROI of DM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.expresscomputeronline.com\/20090202\/technologiesthatcutcosts05.shtml\">ROI can be observed<\/a> in the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Electronic documents are space efficient.\u00a0 Paper documents need to be stored and manually filed.<\/li>\n<li>Finding information is significant faster when all documents are centrally located and can be electronically searched.\u00a0 Finding information contained in an electronic document can be done in orders of magnitude faster compared to paper-based systems<\/li>\n<li>Electronic documents makes sharing and collaboration easier and more efficient<\/li>\n<li>Corporate knowledge can be more easily controlled and made available, as needed, to anyone in the organization<\/li>\n<li>Quicker access to information enables quicker decision making<\/li>\n<li>Information can be transmitted more easily, saving money on courier and dispatch services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div 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