Business Process & Workflow

News of data breach occurrences appear on an almost daily basis, frequently involving embarrassing leaks of credit card data, email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and financial transactions. The consequences can result in significant fines, reputational damage, legal claims and expense and even imprisonment.

Once upon a time, a Shire not too far from Melbourne analysed its paper usage and was horrified to find that if each sheet of paper it used was placed end to end it would be the equivalent to the travelling the distance between Melbourne and Sydney (the scenic route) and a little bit more.

Kira Systems, the machine learning contract analysis software provider, has announced Kira Quick Study 2.0, a major upgrade to its proprietary technology that identifies clauses and other metadata from contracts and related documents.

Toga, a private Australian company which operates or owns more than 80 hotels in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe in a joint venture with Far East Orchard, has implemented Accounts Payable automation on a Kofax platform through solution provider Efficiency Leaders.

Every organisation is now a digital business. Its information is an asset and its digital currency. Business leaders responsible for managing enterprise information have to focus on its life cycle, which is extremely critical for the success of the business.

When presented with a digitally signed document, most will probably just accept it at face value. The more technically minded will validate the signature, which confirms that the signature is unaltered, and that is signed by a Certificate which we trust. This means that the Certificate is signed by another Certificate, and so on up the chain until we reach a trusted root – a self-signed Certificate which we consider trusted and have in our KeyStore.

Frankston City Council in Victoria will deploy Promapp’s cloud-based business process management software, in a move the organisation says will support the council’s ongoing business improvement program.

In 2015, there was only one digital hospital in Australia and New Zealand.  In comparison, the United States had 1,414. The health sector in Australia isn’t just lagging that in the US, it is also lagging other sectors within Australia. It is many years behind sectors such as financial services in engagement, interactivity and access, and in urgent need of transformation and digitisation, according to a new report from PwC Australia. The report proposes that Australia adopt the US ‘Meaningful Use’ Program, which whilst having had its challenges, has achieved good results in adoption and improved information at the point of care.

Don’t you hate it when you want to upgrade your core EDRMS system to the latest version, but there is a component within the technology stack that is holding you back? Your organisation can be blocked from embracing new features and functions that can lift productivity and in some cases hold back the delivery of new services. Overtime these blockers can start to cost real $$ and in some cases impact upon team morale.

When organisations want to buy an Electronic Document and Records Management System (EDRMS), they often believe it will solve their records management problems. They find they have lots of paper. They have lots of electronic documents. They have shared drives that are full and disorganised.

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