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
Re-engineering process improvement methodology and workflow technology, as applied to content routed in email and paper, can result in a dramatic reduction of product/service cost and non-value added steps.... View More
Annually, IDC publishes a study that provides top 10 predictions for the imaging, printing and document solutions (IPDS) market. We’ve included here the three predictions that focus on business document... View More
Organizations have been dealing with digital technologies for decades, but the last five years have seen some remarkable leaps in capabilities that led directly to cost reductions and vast increases in... View More
Other than not really understanding what information management is, the single biggest obstacle to information management at most organizations is the lack of a viable business case: If you can’t... View More
Many forms require signatures. At the same time, many forms are signed when they don\'t really need to be. Signatures are a workflow conundrum, slowing down business processes and preventing many forms... View More
Recently, the Washington Post published an article about the continued use of \"autopen\" technology in government offices in Washington. The technology, originally deployed back in the 1930s, allows paper... View More
As technology has become smarter and more efficient, its value has begun to change how consumers behave–raising the bar for businesses that wish to stay relevant and connected to their customers.... View More
Are you living in a legacy environment consisting of thousands of monolithic and often redundant documents? Is each document written and constructed independently? Is your publishing life cycle long, laborious... View More
As part of the implementation planning process for a cloud-based content management system, the migration of existing documents and content should be considered. Many cloud content management systems (CCMS)... View More
I am sure everyone has heard the expression, “Timing is everything.” Yes, timing is everything but very difficult to achieve in many circumstances. However, there is some low-hanging fruit... View More
