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We know the energy industry can throw plenty of curve balls at records managers. In this post, we look at several best practices to help you overcome the most common challenges in energy records management. Use these as a checklist to compare your current practices and to identify opportunities to improve your records management program.Read More
As we all know, records are defined in a very specific way, which differentiates them from documents that are not essential to the organization from a legal, fiscal or historical standpoint. Over the years, the role of the records manager has been built on this central foundation. In other words, we deal with records only, which leaves a big chunk of an organization’s documents and information outside the scope of our immediate concern. However, an excellent article on the AIIM website calls on records managers to break free of this traditional paradigm.Read More
As we covered in a previous post, many organizations are discovering that it makes good practical and financial sense to outsource the management of their active records. As with any outsourcing proposition, turning over a non-core process allows for greater operational efficiency – and it also goes hand in hand with increased profitability. If your organization is considering such a move, a good starting point is to list the key features you’re looking for in an outsourcing provider.Read More
There are probably no industries more challenging to be a records manager today than in the energy industry! We have seen this first hand and also have been fortunate to have an opportunity to help our clients solve these challenges with RM fundamentals and innovative RM solutions. Read this post (first of a two-part post), where we address some of the trends that are making energy records so difficult to manage.Read More
Whenever records management issues are discussed, we like to remind our clients about the importance of having RM fundamentals in place. This includes an appropriate and consistent records retention schedule applied to the records involved. Many organizations fall short of this standard by failing to apply the correct retention periods to records. Read this blog post to learn the facts about 4 records retention myths to avoid when establishing your records retention schedule.Read More