Scanning is one of the most rapidly growing technologies in today's business landscape. With advantages such as increased efficiency, improved customer service, and a fast return on investment, companies the world over are embracing document scanning to achieve improvements at every level.
The Advantages of Scanning
Scanning offers a host of benefits to businesses of all sizes and varieties. Check out our list to see which of these advantages apply to your organisation.
- Improved document access with simple keyword searches.
- Faster access to information, improving workflows and employee productivity.
- Improved collaboration among colleagues.
- Improved access to information for remote and work-from-home staff members.
- Reduced requirement for paper storage solutions, freeing up valuable office space.
- Improved approval processes.
- Reduced time employees spend searching for paper documents and recreating those that are never located.
- Enhanced document security.
- Improved ability to meet compliance regulations.
- Reduced long-distance calling expenses related to fax transmissions.
- Improved ability to route documents directly to existing workflows and applications.
- Improved customer service.
- Improved image processing.
Industry-Wide Advantages
Document-intensive industries including the legal, finance, and healthcare sectors can see tremendous benefits from scanning. Digitising paper-heavy processes saves time and money while greatly enhancing security and compliance obligations.
Department-Wide Advantages
Industries and companies of all shapes and sizes can benefit from scanning technology. Consider these processes where scanning can increase efficiency:
- Accounting departments— Invoicing, payment processing, purchasing.
- Human Resources departments— Job applications, resumes, insurance forms.
- Daily office applications— Word documents, Excel spreadsheets.
- Customer-facing materials— Mailings, brochures, newsletters.
- Compliance requirements— Be ready for audits with improved document retention and retrieval.
Scanning technology can help your organisation move toward the 21st-century digital office. Improved efficiencies and cost savings across your organisation make scanning a win-win for your business. Contact us to learn more today! At Inland Technology, We Make It Right!