Reference Section
In this section, Optical Image Technology (OIT) provides informational articles to be used as background and reference information. The articles should help you explore ways to use technology to solve specific business challenges and provide tips on how you can implement technology solutions successfully.
- Accounting, Human Resources, and Departmental Tips
- Document Management Articles
- Process Automation and Digital Workflow
- Helpful Tips for Small Businesses
- Risk, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity
- Regulatory Compliance
- Paperless Processing / Digital Mailrooms
- Making Your Workplace More Efficient
- Quality Assurance and Technical Support
- Records Management and Retention
- Industry Articles
Accounting, Human Resources, and Departmental Tips
- Eight Strategies for Winning the A/R Game with Automated Capture and Workflow
Dec. 2006 - Save Time, Money, and Aggravation: Six Benefits of Automating Your Payables Process
Dec. 2006
- Saying Goodbye to the Challenges of HR: Managing Collegiate Human Resources is Easier with Document Management and Workflow
April 2008 - Human Resources, Electronic Document Management, and Workflow: Seven Ways to Use Technology to Maximize the Investment in Your People
Oct. 2007
Document Management Articles
- Desktop Scanning and Document Management: Best Practices to Help You Succeed
May 2008 - Migrating from Paper Forms to Digital Storage: Six Ways Organizations Benefit from Desktop Scanning
April 2008 - Using Electronic Forms to Manage Corporate Waste: Celebrating Earth Day by Eliminating Paper at the Source
April 2008 - From Network to Desktop Scanning: Choosing What’s Right for Your Business
Jan. 2008 - Streamline your Business Processes with Barcodes: How automated indexing and workflow can enhance your bottom line
Oct. 2006 - Electronic Filing Cabinet Syndrome (And How To Avoid It!)
Aug. 2006 - Using High Volume Scanning, Capture and Workflow to Maximize Business Efficiency
Sep. 2006
- Overcoming the Barriers to Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Success
May 2008 - Moving Schools from the World of Paper to Electronic Efficiency: Ten Ways Document Management Helps Administrators Do More with Less
March 2008 - Building on the Basics of Document Management: Getting Started with Process Automation and Digital Workflow
March 2008 - Document Management 101: What is document management and how can it benefit me?
March 2008 - Capture, Index, Access: The Paperless Office Provides Centralized Intelligence for Small Businesses
March 2008 - Best Practices for Enterprise Content Management: Advice from the Trenches
Feb. 2008 - Evaluating “Best Practices” for Electronic Document Management: Tips for Ensuring Successful Implementations the First Time
Feb. 2008 - Five Tips for Effective Indexing Across Your Enterprise: What your document management vendor should be telling you
Feb. 2007 - Electronic Filing Cabinet Syndrome (And How To Avoid It!)
Aug. 2006 - Enterprise-Scale Application Development
July 2006 - When Capture Becomes Rapture: Capturing Print Streams Effectively Can Help Your Business to Flourish
March 2006 - Capturing Print Streams: Bringing Critical Business Data to People
May 2006 - Archiving is Just the First Step
Sep. 2005
- Streamline, Organize, Archive, Retrieve: SOAR Above the Data Chaos with Effective Email Management
April 2008 - Effective Email Management: Moving Beyond Compliance
March 2007
Process Automation and Digital Workflow
- Building on the Basics of Document Management: Getting Started with Process Automation and Digital Workflow
March 2008 - Four Ways to Remove the Physical Limitations of the Workplace with EDM and Workflow
Nov. 2007 - EForms and Workflow: Evolution Meets Intelligent Design
June 2007 - Developing an Enterprise Vision for Your IT Solutions: How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls Associated with Process Improvements
Feb. 2007 - All Aboard the Workflow Express: Customer Service Takes the Fast Track
Jan. 2007 - Gap Analysis: How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls Associated with Change
Dec. 2006 - Facing Fear to Implement the Right Software for Your Organization
March 2006 - Eight Strategies for Winning the A/R Game with Automated Capture and Workflow
Dec. 2006 - Save Time, Money, and Aggravation: Six Benefits of Automating Your Payables Process
Dec. 2006 - Project Planning for Automation: Creating Vendor/Client Software Solutions Designed to Succeed
Aug. 2006 - Workflow Consulting Services: Helping Your Automated Workflow Project to Succeed the First Time
Nov. 2006 - Workflow and BPM: Today and Tomorrow
Nov. 2005 - Using High Volume Scanning, Capture and Workflow to Maximize Business Efficiency
Sep. 2006
Helpful Tips for Small Businesses
- The Paperless Office for Small/Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs): You’re So Close!
March 2008 - Capture, Index, Access: The Paperless Office Provides Centralized Intelligence for Small Businesses
March 2008 - Review, Reorganize, Revamp Your SMB: How to Achieve Continual Returns with Paperless Processing
March 2007 - SMBs: Solutions for Common Challenges that Will Help Keep Your EDM and Workflow Projects Manageable and On Track
Sep. 2006
Risk, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity
- Business Continuity Planning: Ensuring ‘Business as Usual’ When the Unusual Happens
Jan. 2008 - Change Management: Helping Your Claims Staff Weather the Change to Automation
Nov. 2006 - Confidently answering the “What ifs…”: Effective Risk Management Planning Helps Businesses Reach Their e-Business Goals
Aug. 2006 - The Value of Effective Disaster Recovery Planning
March 2006
Regulatory Compliance
- Using Your ECM System to Simplify Financial and Market Conduct Examinations
March 2008 - Improving Performance while Addressing Compliance Initiatives: Implementing Information Governance Strategies across your Enterprise
July 2007 - Maximizing Efficiency While Addressing Regulatory Compliance: Integrating Forms into your Records Management Strategy
May 2007 - Six Practices to Help Ensure Continued Corporate Compliance
Dec. 2006
Paperless Processing / Digital Mailrooms
- Mailroom Magic: Save Time, Money, and Backaches by Migrating to Digital Mail Processing
March 2008 - Improve Your Competitive Standing by Transitioning to a Paperless Mailroom: Three Components that are Critical for Success
June 2007 - Moving from Paper Woes to Efficient Workflows: Making the Most of Automated Document Processing
July 2007 - (Paper)Less is More: Electronic Document Management and Digital Workflow Help You Do More with Less
Jan. 2008 - Paperless Mailrooms: Six Ways to Maximize the Value of Digital Information Across Your Enterprise
March 2007
Making Your Workplace More Efficient
- Four Ways to Remove the Physical Limitations of the Workplace with EDM and Workflow
Nov. 2007 - Earth Day Reflections: How to Improve the Environment Around and Within Your Workplace with Streamlined Processing
April 2007
Quality Assurance and Technical Support
- Quality Assurance: Ensuring Quick, Consistent Service for Your Customers with Document Management and Digital Workflow
Nov. 2007 - Software Companies and Quality Assurance: Ensuring A Company-wide Commitment to Quality
March 2007 - The Technical Support Scientist… Deductive Reasoning at its Best
Sep. 2006
Records Management and Retention
- Three Common Mistakes that are associated with Document Retention Strategies
Jan. 2008 - Maximizing Efficiency While Addressing Regulatory Compliance: Integrating Forms into your Records Management Strategy
May 2007 - Four Environmental Factors that Successful Organizations Should Consider as part of their Records Management Strategy
Sep. 2007 - Creating a Records Management Policy that is Right for Your Business: Using Automation to Eradicate Chaos and Facilitate Compliance
Feb. 2007
Industry Articles
- The Insurer’s Mailroom: Six Technologies that Reduce Paper and Promote Efficiency
April 2008 - Get Ready for Success: Seven Ways Automation Improves Underwriter Efficiency and Customer Service
March 2008 - Using Your ECM System to Simplify Financial and Market Conduct Examinations
March 2008 - Five Ways Small Insurance Companies Can Increase Efficiency and Compete Successfully with the Giants
Feb. 2008 - Getting the Most out of your Existing Investments
Winter 2007/ 2008 - Straight-through Processing: Using Workflow to Push Information through the Communications Labyrinth at Break-neck Speed
Nov. 2007 - Workflow and the Competitive Edge: Improving Policyholder Services with BPM
May 2007
- Bringing Order to the Campus Mailroom with Digital Processing
May 2008 - Best Practices for Implementing an ECM System in a College or University Setting
April 2008 - Saying Goodbye to the Challenges of HR: Managing Collegiate Human Resources is Easier with Document Management and Workflow
April 2008 - Moving Schools from the World of Paper to Electronic Efficiency: Ten Ways Document Management Helps Administrators Do More with Less
March 2008 - Facilitate your enrollment process through automation
Sep. 2006
- Translating the Hype: How to find an ECM Solution that is right for your Healthcare Organization
Feb. 2008 - Optimizing Patient Care with Efficient Back-Office Processes
Jan. 2007 - 10 Questions for Hospitals, Clinics, and Private Practices to ask when considering Document Management Software Solutions
Aug. 2006
