Posted on May 18, 2016

Document management is tough. Even when you have your document scanning workflow all sorted, and you've invested in a top notch electronic document management system (EDMS) or some variety of electronic content management (ECM), there's still the matter of document indexing. In comparison to the rest of your document management project, indexing may seem like one of the less important components. It may be tempting to handle indexing later, well after document capture, or overly simplify the indexing method to expedite the process or to save on costs, but this could cause trouble down the road. Every project is different. One organization may need something specific from document management that another does not. But if I can impart anything about indexing is that a plan should absolutely be considered before capture, and if a specific indexing process is determined to be necessary, to implement it at the earliest opportunity. Not only is retroactively applying indexing methods costly ...