Author - Jim Kemp

09Jul

Spectrum IT helps customers with IT Services and document management

A quick note to welcome Spectrum IT Services into our referral network of Solution Advisors. Spectrum IT Services is a division of long-time Document Locator customer Spectrum CPA Group.With Spectrum's IT division now offering outsourced IT services direct to customers, and having knowledge and expertise of the document management system from internal installations, joining the Solution Advisor network and recommending Document Locator to...

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26Jun

Going paperless has some real advantages

Studies have shown that the average office worker uses as much as 10,000 sheets of paper a year. Where does all that paper go? It's thrown away, filed away, shuffled among co-workers, and shipped around in slow, costly, delivery processes.  So, going paperless has some real advantages, and here is just a few examples... First, it eliminates hard dollar costs. Not just the...

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17Apr

A practical look at paperless

"Going paperless" isn't just good for the planet, there are practical business benefits as well. Sure, saving trees is a great added bonus. But, on April 22, we're going to be discussing some business reasons for a paperless office in a webinar: Document Scanning: Best practices for a Paperless Approach using Document Management. All who are interested are welcome to...

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10Apr

Top 5 Document Management Solutions

From time to time, members of our team here at ColumbiaSoft are called on by various magazines and other media publications to contribute articles extending their knowledge of document management. For those in the construction industry in particular, you may be interested in the latest article by ColumbiaSoft product manager Scott Zieg who writes in Modern Contractor Solutions about the...

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20Mar

Managing the proposal process

Proposal processes are complex. Whether they are done on an ad-hoc basis by a single person at a smaller company, or they are rigidly-managed by a proposal team at a large firm, the details of putting together a proposal project for RFPs, RFIs, or other submittals are a complicated mix of content, planning, and good old fashioned project management. To...

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02Mar

Document Control in HR

Whether it’s employee requests for benefits information; managers looking for past employee reviews; or the accounting department trying to find W-4 tax forms... it all comes through to HR. Human Resources professionals wear many hats, and one among them is that of controller of all records workforce-related. Bet when looking at the entire picture of document management in HR, there is...

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19Feb

Webinar shows 7 ways document control can help bottom line in a down economy

In these uncertain economic times, most companies are faced with the challenge of how to maximize returns on tighter margins. It’s a do-more-with-less strategy that requires business operations be optimized now to meet current economic realities. One area to consider for improving the bottom line is to look at how information is managed in the organization. This includes all the content,...

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04Feb

Document Storage Webinar Recording

In an age where as many as half of us spend two hours or more per day just looking for the information we need to do our jobs... anything that speeds our interaction with knowledge adds up to big gains in efficiency. Electronic document storage is one way to narrow the gap, in a big way. This is because documents...

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02Feb

Document Locator added to Construction Specification Institute’s GreenFormat

Reducing paper usage is one way all of us can be more green. And this is true with builders and property owners too... who are especially interested in greener approaches in the construction of new buildings, factories, and infrastructure. With that in mind, ColumbiaSoft announced today that it has listed its Document Locator software which is used by architecture, engineering...

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28Jan

A Get-Started Demo of Version Control

A standardized system for version control is a great way to improve collaboration, and increase accountability. Here's a new short video demo on the topic. Learn more: What is Version Control For more videos on version control and document management check out the Document Locator YouTube channel.

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