Manuel J. Montesino's Articles in General Business

  • Document Imaging in Business - Part 7: Paperless Accounting
    Implementing electronic document imaging software means the end of filing cabinets and folders and a big step toward a totally paperless office, but that's not all. It can also mean a completely new method of dealing with mainframe accounting; with it the receivables and payables processes can be re-engineered and the face of the accounting department altered forever.
  • Document Imaging in Business - Part 6: A Real-Life Example
    So far, we've talked in some detail about just how document management software can turn your workplace into a paperless office with some degree of ease. Now, let's look at a hypothetical example of what this process might look like in the office itself.
  • Document Imaging in Business - Part 5: Object Linking and Embedding
    Microsoft created the concept of Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) for operating-system functions, but the technology has profound applications to the document management industry as well.
  • Document Imaging in Business - Part 4: Making Images Work For You
    There are many reasons why document management software is rapidly becoming a business standard across so many industries. With fewer input errors, reduced paper, and paper-related costs, better security and improved accessibility, it's no wonder that document management is being integrated with so many different technologies and disciplines, from e-mail to accounting software.
  • Document Imaging in Business Part 3: Clutter Kill
    There are many ways in which paperless-office software can dramatically reduce the sheer bulk of paper and files around your office.
  • Document Imaging in Business Part 2: The Power of Imaging
    Even though the digital-imaging process has completely revolutionized the notion of the paperless office, many businesses still have outdated workflows, capturing a paper document when it nears the end of its lifespan.
  • Document Imaging in Business, Part 1: Documents vs. Images
    Until recently, the term 'paperless office' was a joke among office engineers, but today it's become a reality with a little help from the imaging and document-management industries.
  • Seven Things You Should Know about Document Scanning Software
    Document scanning software is the core of most modern electronic document management systems (EDMS). These new paperless methods of doing business have proven to have radical advantages over the old paper-based methods of document filing and retrieval, and it's changing the face of modern corporate life.
  • Even At Home - Document Management Software To Pay For Itself
    There are many advantages of office paper, for solopreneurs, and more than big-business document management software gurus written about it. Ofcourse, there are over tens of sources out there that tells you all about the general use of paper office software: you can use less paper, so you can save trees, your digital documents from anywhere with internet access connection, you can customize the workflow for your office, they go on and on.
  • Ten Things You Should Know about Workflows
    In the assembly line days, work flowed along the line with each worker repeating the same limited operation throughout the day. Though this kind of work flow increased productivity dramatically, it had a huge price in the form of worker boredom and weariness.
  • Ten Things You Should Know about IT Disaster Recovery
    Today’s businesses depend heavily on Information Technology (IT) because of the overwhelming business advantages it can provide. This dependence has a flip side in that an IT disaster can cripple the business.
  • Ten Things You Should Know about Electronic Signatures
    In most developed countries, electronic signatures are becoming as valid as conventional signatures. An electronic signature is more than a digital signature and can take surprisingly varied forms, as discussed in this article.
  • Ten Things You Should Know About Document Retention
    Business documents are retained for several purposes such as complying with statutory requirements, providing decision support information, recording history, demonstrating compliance with regulations and meeting document-discovery needs in litigation. Retaining electronic documents for long periods faces some special problems.
  • Ten Things You Should Know About Document Discovery
    In the U.S., document discovery in litigation has its own practices. Efficient document discovery can save large sums of litigation costs. Even in other countries, efficient document "discovery" can substantially enhance the chances of success in lawsuits.
  • Have You Considered Professional Document Storage?
    You might have begun the journey towards a paperless office. However, it's still likely that you have a large volume of paper documents that need to be stored safely. These can include old books and documents that cannot yet be destroyed and current documents such as contracts and legal documents that need to be preserved in paper.
  • The Importance Of Document Scanning Software
    Your document scanner cannot do much by itself. It's the document scanning software that interprets the light information and produces meaningful results. This article first describes the significance of scanning to document management. Then the criteria that determine the features you want in the scanning software is investigated.