Document management has become one of the most elusive business concerns of the information age. Those that aggressively seek to improve operations are now finding that their document production and management... View More
This is an interesting comment: help wanted. To many of us, this would be interpreted as a company seeking employees, but for the sake of this article, I suggest it means the company is seeking expertise... View More
At the end of the day, it’s all about cash flow–how to improve cash flow and lower collection costs by growing electronic payments. Every department in an organization plays its part. Healthy... View More
Whether you’re planning to rewrite all your documents to improve your customer’s experience or planning to migrate them from a legacy platform to a modern publishing system and possibly convert... View More
In Profiles of the Future 51 years ago, Arthur C. Clarke famously said, “Cavemen froze sleeping on coal beds.” The irony of this statement is alive and well today for corporate decision makers... View More
In the last post, I discussed evaluating the commitment to your print to mail operation. Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting... View More
The term silo has become something of a stop word; a term that when we hear it or read it, we almost begin to lose concentration (or for that matter, consciousness) from what other part of the message... View More
Have you implemented an effective set of metrics and measures within your customer communications management program (CCM)? For some of our clients, these metrics and measures are sketchy at best, or have... View More
So much attention is paid to the bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon and trends around mobile device deployment and adoption in the workplace. Mobile devices are already changing the way we work—and... View More
For many companies, a cloud file sharing system is a real relief. It is inexpensive; it is easily provisioned; there is no (or hardly any) IT work; and the users were using free versions anyway. And a... View More
The implementation of a well-structured, architected document repository management system provides a foundational capability for organizations to develop innovative content-enabled business solutions.... View More
Whether teaching, lecturing or just talking about enterprise content management (ECM) with folks, one thing commonly told to me is that the technology is in place, but the findability situation is still... View More
Many of the large insurance and financial services firms send as much as 100 million pieces of billing and statement mail each year. All are trying to reduce their print and mail expense budgets by going... View More
With the 2014 DOCUMENT Strategy Forum almost here, it is a good time to reflect on the state of document management inside large organizations. Consider the mission of the three-day event in Greenwich,... View More
Surprise! Your company is not the center of the universe. Unfortunately, too many companies think of themselves as being the center of their customer\'s universe. While this “may” be true for... View More
Last year, we started to see the term omni-channel bandied around quite a bit, and the increasing “buzziness” of this word is only gaining steam. I’ll admit this catchy moniker made me... View More
There is a lot of buzz and plenty of buzzwords around the idea of improving your company\'s customer experience. Today, this communication is occurring across a wider variety of devices, platforms and... View More
Newspapers and magazines are important publishing markets where, until quite recently, digital printing has mostly played a marginal supporting role. Yet the advent of high-speed inkjet printing, as well... View More
What is the path forward for print to mail industry players? If the question is asked of 10 people with a working knowledge of the industry, you would get 10 differing answers. I suspect, however, a general... View More
This is the last in my series on the Four Rights–the right medium. Delivering the relevant message to the correct person in a timely basis with the content medium they prefer is an awesome marketing... View More
