Centralized or Distributed Scanning?

Atle Skjekkeland

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Keywords: scanning, Distributed, centralized

By Atle Skjekkeland, Chief Operating Officer at AIIM

August 05, 2010 - 11:32 AM

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There are benefits of centralizing your scanning in Scanning Hubs or Centers with dedicated staff and advanced capture software, but there are also benefits of going for distributed scanning by users using MFPs or scanning stations. Our capture research from last year identifying the most common benefits and issues with centralized, distributed and outsourced capture;

 

Below are some questions to help you identify the best solution for you;
  • Location of paper documents
  • Necessary access to files during conversion
  • Necessary document preparation
  • Necessary quality control
  • Necessary metadata or data extraction
  • Necessary security
  • Etc

How do you determine the best solution? Lets share our experience with the community.

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