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Businesses create and need to handle more data than ever before. In the past, this would mean that there would be a lot of wasted data. Today’s document management system can completely revolutionize your business. Let’s take a look at the steps that go into creating a comprehensive digital document management system.
The first step to creating a comprehensive document management system is to get the documents into your new system.
This step involves the creation of new documents, which could be anything from reports and memos to spreadsheets and presentations.
Capture physical documents by scanning them or collect digital documents from various sources like email, cloud storage, or file servers.
Getting started classifying the data can be one of the biggest speed bumps to the creation of a comprehensive document management system.
Assign categories or metadata tags to each document to make it easy to classify and retrieve them later.
Create an index or catalog of documents based on metadata, keywords, or other identifiers to facilitate quick searches.
Determining the underlying technology is something that the IT professionals at MSPNetworks can help your organization with.
Select an appropriate storage system, whether physical file cabinets, network drives, or electronic document management software.
Establish a consistent and intuitive folder structure or taxonomy to arrange documents logically.
Security has to be a major point of emphasis when dealing with any data, let alone the operational information of your business.
Specify who can view, edit, or delete documents. Implement user roles and permissions to protect sensitive information.
Ensure that documents are encrypted both in transit and at rest to safeguard against unauthorized access.
You would be surprised how much document retrieval can cost your business. Digital document management can mitigate these costs.
Provide robust search functionality, allowing users to find documents quickly using keywords, metadata, or full-text search.
Enable users to filter and sort search results for better document retrieval.
In today’s business, people need secure access from anywhere at any time. A document management system can deliver this flexibility.
Facilitate document collaboration by integrating with tools like document editing suites and communication platforms.
Implement automated approval processes, notifications, and routing to streamline document-related workflows.
Many situations can arise where data is unavailable or lost, having up-to-date copies can operate as a failsafe for many businesses.
Schedule regular backups of documents to prevent data loss in case of hardware failures or disasters.
Develop a disaster recovery plan to ensure the continuity of document access and management in adverse situations.
Today, many businesses operate under government or industry-sponsored mandates and need to stay in compliance with these regulations for the good of the business.
Establish and enforce document retention and disposal policies to comply with legal requirements and industry regulations.
Maintain audit trails to track document access and changes for compliance purposes.
Keeping a dedicated eye on your IT systems is nothing short of essential. Document management is no different.
Periodically review and update the document management system, including metadata, security settings, and access permissions.
Implement monitoring tools to track system performance and generate reports on document management activities.
It’s important that you train your employees quickly so that you can get the most benefit from your document management platform.
Provide training and support to ensure that users understand and effectively use the document management system.
Encourage user feedback to make continuous improvements to the system.
You need to revisit your document management plan regularly, just as you revisit your other IT systems.
Continuously assess the document management process and technology, making improvements based on feedback and changing business needs.
We understand that managing your organization’s documents isn’t ever going to be cheap and easy, but with a dedicated document management platform, it can be much easier and more effective than more antiquated file management strategies. If you would like to learn more about what MSPNetworks can do in terms of document management or any other IT-related strategy, give us a call today at (516) 403-9001.
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