{"id":950,"date":"2009-10-08T07:00:30","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=950"},"modified":"2009-10-08T07:00:30","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T15:00:30","slug":"ecm-what-can-an-ecm-system-do-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/ecm-what-can-an-ecm-system-do-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"ECM:  What can an ECM System do For Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ECM brings clear benefits around cost reductions and improved worker efficiency and productivity.\u00a0 AIIM recently had a great article around creating a business case for ECM which highlighted and described some of the benefits that can be<br \/>\nrealized with ECM.\u00a0 ECM <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Benefits of an ECM system\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiim.org\/infonomics\/business.case.ecm.part2.aspx\">benefits <\/a>include.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Improved exchange of information and company-wide communication.\u00a0<\/strong> With the 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