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Fishing and the Technology Business

I’m a lucky guy. I entered the technology space while living in Anchorage Alaska recruited to work at the Alaskan Office Source. While there I met my close friend and owner of Fish Alaska and Hunt Alaska Magazines, Marcus Weiner. Since then we have had many an adventure in Alaska with …

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Manufacturing & ECM: Keep the Line (and your Documents) Moving

Like new machines, materials, and processes, document management and networking technology are changing the world of manufacturing. What’s a little slower to change is the fear of change itself in a process-intensive world. People don't like to change; especially when those changes in …

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The Four Building Blocks of Your Document Digitization Strategy

To successfully digitize and automate your business processes you need a strategy to capture your documents – especially your paper documents. Recently, we've published a few posts on why going paperless (or at least less paper) is a good idea: Document Management: 5 Steps From Greenl …

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Document Management: 5 Steps From Greenlight to Go-Live

You've decided that your company will move into the digital age and implement document management software. Good. Now What? How will my employees adjust? How long will it take? Where do I start? All of these questions must be answered so that you can successfully change and improve yo …

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The Pain of Paper Is Real – Document Management Is the Answer

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Many companies give up on automation – or don't think it's for them because “they're too small” or “it's too hard” or “it's too expensive”. All three of those reasons are really just excuses – and bad ones at that. In reality, there's no reason your business – and that's anyone readin …

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Improve Your Manufacturing Processes With Document Management

Document management software can help to improve the efficiency of manufacturing companies (and every other business) in many ways. For simplicity, we're going to group benefits into four C's: Control Cost Collaboration Compliance These four C's combine to help your business manage yo …

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Using Paper Documents to Run Your Business? You're Wasting Time and Money

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If you're conducting your business entirely or mostly with paper documentation, you're slowing yourself down. In the coming months, we'll share ideas and thoughts about document management, improving business processes, and other ways you can use technology to boost productivity and c …

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Use Your Copiers to Scan Documents – Baby Steps to Document Management

Has your business started taking baby steps toward document management yet?

Stop. Take a look around your desk. Is it cluttered with paper?Now look around your office. Is it lined with filing cabinets? When was the last time you actually opened one of them? If you answered “yes” to either of the first two questions, and those cabinets continue to steal prime …

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IT Help Desks – You Don't Want a Hero

We love the idea of a hero (and the Tina Turner song from Mad Max Beyond Thunder Dome). One person, against the odds, saving us all. That makes a great movie. In real life, it doesn't work nearly as well. Especially when it comes to getting help from your help desk. Help desks are gen …

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