Electronic
document management systems follow a consistent set of guidelines
developed and matched to the specific needs of our clients.
Important to the process, however, is proper preparation of
those documents to be scanned and/or imaged. Our proven "best
business practices" adhere to the following procedure
to insure that all documents are organized and ready for electronic
imaging:
- An inventory of each box is prepared that details what
documents and folders to be scanned are in each box.
- Bar coded documents are grouped together by logical category,
such as loan number or policy number " for instance.
- Scanning folders are then organized by properly marked
and ordered boxes for electronic imaging.
- Records to be imaged are quality controlled to insure
that they are in the correct scanning folder.
- The boxes of documents and records to scan are then grouped
together into logical batches and batch numbers are assigned.
Once the hard copy documents arrive
for electronic imaging they are logged and prepared for accurate
and legible scanning. By this we mean that staples, paper clips
and other non-paper obstructions are removed and that torn or
dog-eared pages are straightened out. In addition, small notes
and "post-it" tags that won't fit through
a scanner are affixed to larger sheets that will move quickly
through the paper scanners. Finally, separator sheets (bar code
sheets) are inserted between logical files or records for a
specific transaction or process to help with the indexing.
Finally, after all papers to be scanned are positioned for electronic
imaging " they begin their trip down the production line
to your paperless office. For a fun, easy to understand multimedia
presentation of this process,
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