How to reduce paper in the office?
As cheesy as it sounds, one of my New Year’s Resolutions was to reduce paper use in the office. Back in 2018, it was a running joke at my workplace that the marketing budget is going to be cut because the company needs to buy me loads of new pens, pads and sticky notes. I will […]
Document digitisation grows momentum globally
An intriguing article on itnewsafrica.com outlines how document digitisation is now a crucial enabler of the digital enterprise, while also proving that digitisation is making a huge impact on business processes all around the world. For an organisation to truly achieve end-to-end digital transformation (and therefore effectively compete in the new digital economy) – it […]
Digital library celebrating the achievements of Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy completed
Having completed a number of rewarding digitisation projects for clients as diverse as The National Army Museum, we were thrilled to read about another exciting historical scanning project via heraldnet.com – a digital library celebrating the achievements of Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy. The library, which is now considered to be complete, was the undertaking of […]
Irish history goes digital with new scanning project
The Irish Times reports that the National Library of Ireland (NLI) has digitised around 400,000 parish records. The huge collection of Catholic parish register microfilms became available online as of July 8th, giving Irish ancestry a major boost, offering an interesting insight into Ireland’s involvement in the First World War and creating a new perspective […]
British Library’s digital archive saves Olivier’s Coriolanus
In another example of just how diverse digitisation can be – we hear that rare theatre recordings have been saved by a new £40m British Library digital archive. The sound recordings, which include Laurence Olivier playing Coriolanus in 1959, have been secured, thanks to a £9.5 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The material […]
Vatican images available online digitally
An intriguing article by businessinsider.com shows how digital scanning isn’t just for office documents – it also has a wide range of other uses. The website reports that the first 500 books from the Vatican library’s massive digitisation project are now online.
The roles that BPO and BPI play in achieving Process Excellence
The purpose of process excellence is to support and enable effective business strategies. Using a variety of methods, businesses can strive to find continual improvement and optimise their work processes, in a bid to achieve better quality and efficiency, lower costs and improve overall customer satisfaction. Business Process Improvement (BPI) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) […]
Law firms ‘have a duty to protect clients’ documents’
Having a remote backup service on hand is an important consideration for all kinds of businesses; but particularly for those companies for whom the safeguarding of sensitive data is a legal necessity. Law firms, for example, are ethically bound to protect all documents for their clients; if they fail to do so they cannot act […]
Environment and cost key benefits of document scanning and storage
According to independent global residential and commercial property consultancy Knight Frank, being more environmentally-friendly and saving money are two important priorities for businesses in the 21st century.