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Stop spending so much on records storage! Here’s how.

TAB — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

"Lifting the lid" on your company’s records storage practices can be a real eye-opening exercise. In most cases, a closer look will reveal inefficiencies that are driving up your record storage costs. While this is obviously bad news, it comes with a silver lining. Rethinking and revamping your approach to storage gives you the opportunity to create something more efficient than you’ve ever had before. This post offers tips to help you find those savings.Read More

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Color-coding (Part 2): A simple way to avoid costly problems

TAB — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:01:00 +0000

In a four-part blog series, we are turning our attentions to color coding, a simple and highly effective records management technique. In this second post we’ll look beyond the obvious and immediate benefits of color coding. As we’ll see, it can help avoid some potentially serious consequences, such as operational downtime, lost business opportunities, and legal sanctions.Read More

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Best of TAB 2017 part 2: the top blog posts

TAB — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 06:00:11 +0000

It is time for part two of our series on the top RIM resources of the past year, including your favorite case studies, white papers, blog posts and guides. In this installment, we share the top three blog posts of 2017: how to save money with RIM, corporate moves, and document imaging for financial institutions. [...]Read More

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Reader favorites October 2017: Our most popular RIM resources

TAB — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:10:04 +0000

The most popular RIM resources this month cover several hot records management topics. Our free guide provides tips to save money with your records management program. Our popular white paper on records retention is a handy reference for every RIM professional designing a records management program. For records management environments that include paper and electronic [...]Read More

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How to reduce costs during a corporate file move

TAB — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 08:00:00 +0000

Along with mergers and acquisitions, corporate moves are one of the biggest challenges a records management team can face. The thought of organizing, packing, and re-shelving entire record collections is one that sends a chill down the spine of most records managers. It’s a good thing corporate moves don’t come around that often! The silver [...]Read More

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Four ways to save money and “go green” with your RM program

TAB — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Many organizations have learned that doing the right for the environment is also doing the right thing for the bottom line. When you take a green approach to managing information...Read More

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Reader Favorites MAY 2017: Our Most Popular RIM Resources

TAB — Thu, 18 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Our latest roundup of popular resources starts with a seven tips for developing a functional classification system. We also have a guide to managing paper and electronic files in the hybrid environment, and a guide to helping you add value to the organization during difficult economic times. 1. 7 Tips for Developing and Applying a [...]Read More

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Learn How to Save Money in Records Management

TAB — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Cost savings is one of the most common themes in our discussions with records management colleagues. Requirements and expectations only ever grow, while budgets remain fixed, and often inadequate. Our recent toolkit offers four resources that help you create a well-supported, effective RIM program that will help save money for the organization. The toolkit includes [...]Read More

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Budgeting Your Imaging Project: Six Overlooked Cost Factors – Part 2

TAB — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

In last week’s blog post we introduced some of the hidden cost factors that can drive up the cost of your document imaging project. As we saw, you need to pay close attention to several things: the state of your current collection, the handoff process to the imaging team, and the process of applying naming conventions and metadata. To avoid extra costs in these areas you can conduct a thorough audit and purge of your collection, and provide the scanning team with an electronic manifest containing detailed information about the collection.Read More

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Budgeting Your Imaging Project: Six Overlooked Cost Factors – Part 1

TAB — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Document imaging projects are complex undertakings. Each project has many variables and moving parts that can have an impact on the final budget. Unless you have managed many imaging projects, it is hard to get an accurate handle on your budget. As the expression goes, you don’t know what you don’t know! In a two-part blog post, we will reveal six commonly overlooked cost factors that can drive up the cost of your document imaging project. Knowing about these factors will help you estimate the cost of your project more accurately, and ensure that you stay on budget.Read More

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