Mr. Dunn is the founder and president of CRE8 Independent Consultants and is a worldwide recognized consultant, speaker, instructor, contributing editor and author on business process innovation and improvement, paperless technologies and complex computer system replacement planning. He has over 25 years of experience in the advanced technology and process improvement industry. Reach him at www.cre8inc.com.
Is your organization involved in planning for or implementing digital workflow? To be successful, your organization will need to hire or train a workflow subject matter expert (SME). An important cons
Studies we have conducted, as independent consultants, of thousands of enterprise and departmental processes find that 5% to 30%+ of the work performed is manual, duplicative, and unnecessary
Security breaches, privacy violations, and lawsuits are in the news every day. Today, it is a matter of when, not if, it will happen. When hackers breach your security, what will they do with your internal...
Today, organizations are increasing the deployment of electronic content management (ECM) technologies to support information governance (IG)/records and information management (RIM) goals and to improve...
I’m a great fan of tea. It’s funny, because I can pay one cent for a basic black tea bag, 20 cents for a bag in a fancy package, or four dollars for a cup of tea from the local coffee store....
"Friction loses sales, hurts customer service, causes frustration, results in complaints on social media, wastes time and money, and creates problems that shouldn’t have happened in the first place."
It’s in the news: Air bags don’t work, cellphone batteries catch fire, a customer's outrage goes viral on social media, profitability is down, increasing employees' unrest, lawsuits, and regulatory...
Today, the word "vendor" or "customer" in many companies can still bring up a less than enthusiastic response from internal staff, who are under pressure to work with both of these organizations. With...
In today’s world, documents, whether paper or electronic, must be routed through an organization to trigger action. Although email is perceived to be superior to paper, it has caused significant...
Enough said about proper electronic content management (ECM) technology planning, creating LEAN workflows and integrating electronic records management (ERM). Instead, in memory of unsuccessful initiatives...
| #2 TOP READ — A SharePoint steering committee meeting, which I was invited to by the chief executive officer (CEO), started off with: an operational executive telling information technology (IT)...
Our independent consulting studies find that by utilizing electronic content management (ECM) and workflow technologies, an organization can improve document access time, process quality, efficiency and...
Many of the comments I hear from executives regarding information governance planning include: "We don’t want to boil the ocean." "There are too many conflicting definitions." "No one follows it
In a recent conversation with a vice president, he threw his hands up in frustration as he told me how exasperated he was trying to figure out the cause of a customer crisis. He pointed at his email screen...
I’ve been hearing a lot of angry outbursts from workers, frustrated with shared “group” level electronic content management (ECM) systems. Complaints include: It takes too long to index...
Culture can be defined as the ideals, beliefs, behaviors and morals of an organization. Some describe culture as the "soul” of an organization. However, if the culture is not clear or aligned with...
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....
Applying Six Sigma process improvement methodology and electronic content management (ECM) technology to documents currently stored in email, shared network drives and paper can result in a significant...
LEAN and digital signature technology results in 79% improvement in efficiency, 78% reduction in waste and customer service response time decreased from 2 or 4 days to ½ day. What is LEAN?LEAN,...
What are paperless technology abilities, risks and benefits? Abilities include functionality to capture, receive, store, index, version, route, approve, manage, retain and dispose of electronic content....
Remember the last time you filled out a mortgage application? If you're like most people, you probably spent hours wrestling with confusing forms, deciphering legal jargon and hunting down supporting
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Over the past 2 short years, the communications industry has been at the forefront of technological innovation, shaping how we connect, share and understand the world around us. Among the plethora of
Efficient document management is essential in high-volume customer support centers, where handling errors can lead to costly mistakes, compliance risks and dissatisfied customers
Most customers prefer digital communications due to convenience. Digital communications arrive faster, enable interactivity and allow for immediate payment options. However, digital customer communica