Business Process Automation Archives | Page 21 of 36

Cities recognize financial, efficiency benefits of going paperless

Friday, November 1, 2013

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently announced a $690,000 program intended to digitize processes associated with procuring small business licenses and permits by 2016, NBC Chicago reported. The city's Small Business Center is going paperless in order to deliver more efficient services for Chicago residents and business-owners.

Healthcare practices benefit from business process automation

Monday, October 21, 2013

There are few sectors in which the encroachment of business process automation has been more widespread - and, indeed, widely felt - than the healthcare industry. After Congress approved a 2009 measure to offer Medicare reimbursements to healthcare practices that upgraded to electronic medical records, a number of these entities took the government up on its offer.

Making a business case for going paperless

Monday, October 14, 2013

For companies bogged down by inefficient paper-based processes, the main allure of going paperless may be the enhanced organizational component. Think about it: No paper means no more rifling through disorganized stacks of files and folders, manually searching until you find the information you're looking for.

Technology a crucial component of modern auditing

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Deploying document conversion services can streamline processes such as audits, as digitized records are much easier to comb through than their old-fashioned paper equivalents. As well as facilitating document management, digitization can actually help mitigate instances of mistakes being made in the first place.

Many core processes still lack paperlessness

Friday, September 27, 2013

The term "going paperless" has become a buzz word in many industries, but there are numerous undertakings that still rely on paper-based processes. ITBusinessEdge recently took a look at a few of these.