Organizations that intend to outsource business processes, faces the biggest risks during the transition phase. During this period, employees are moving from one way of working to another, which may include the redesign, retooling, and standardization of processes and...
Data and Document Management Training Helps People with Special Needs
Studies make it clear that the employment rate of individuals with intellectual disability (ID) lags significantly behind that of the general adult population. According to a report in Disability and Employment, a recent survey conducted by Gallup and the University...
Digitizing Homestead Records for Better View of American History
Businesses, libraries, courts education departments, and other public and private organizations across the U.S. are digitizing their paper documents for the many benefits it offers. Since 1999, Homestead National Monument of America has been part of an ambitious...
How to Convert Paper Charts to EMR
The healthcare industry is continuing its transition from traditional paper documents to electronic medical records (EMR). During the transition stage, many healthcare practices are focusing on how the data should be captured, stored, and analyzed. To make a complete...
16th HR Shared Services & Outsourcing Summit 2014
The 16th HR Shared Services & Outsourcing Summit 2014 will be held at the Omni Orlando Resort, ChampionsGate, Florida during October 14th - 17th. This global meeting will bring together HR professionals in shared services and outsourcing, and invite a global...
How to Address the Challenges of Virtual Organization Outsourcing
In the virtual organization model, most activities are outsourced or contracted so that a lot of necessary work is performed outside the boundary of the company. It involves the wide usage of the Internet, computer networks and collaboration software to get these...
Offshore Outsourcing Continuing to be a Popular Trend
By categorizing operations/processes into core activities and non-core activities, organizations can differentiate the areas where they should focus to attain competitive edge. Increased focus in core business operations and developing competitive advantage has left...
Digital Records to Reduce Physical Storage and to Ensure Compliance
Electronic records are simply the computerized versions of traditional paper-based records, which are supposed to be stored for long term or short term. Records that entail long term storage require their contents to be preserved digitally, in indexed format, to make...
Princeton University Press Digitizing Past Publications
In today's publishing environment, conversion of backlist titles to ebook format is a smart move. The so-called 'backlist' comprises books kept in print because of their popularity over the years. While new titles come with promotion costs and other expenses, backlist...
NHS to Become Paperless by 2018
The National Health Service (NHS), the UK's publicly funded healthcare system, aims to become paperless by 2018. The idea of digitization was put forward by the Secretary of State for Health Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt in January 2013, with the intention to improve services...