Electronic records Archives - TAB Records Management Blog | TAB OnRecord https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/category/electronic-records-management/ Welcome to TAB OnRecord, one of the most popular records and information management blogs. Get expert insights, best practices and case studies on a wide range of RIM-related business issues Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:09:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-data-icon-512-32x32.png Electronic records Archives - TAB Records Management Blog | TAB OnRecord https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/category/electronic-records-management/ 32 32 It pays to pick the right metrics when proving the value of electronic records management systems https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/it-pays-to-pick-the-right-metrics-when-proving-the-value-of-electronic-records-management-systems/ https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/it-pays-to-pick-the-right-metrics-when-proving-the-value-of-electronic-records-management-systems/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/uncategorized/it-pays-to-pick-the-right-metrics-when-proving-the-value-of-electronic-records-management-systems/ It has always been a challenge for records and information management (RM) professionals to demonstrate the value of their work to an organization. Anyone who has been working in the field for long will be familiar with the refrain, “senior management does not understand why records management is important!” In recent years, the challenge of demonstrating the value of RM has been compounded by the emergence of electronic document and records management systems (EDRMS).Read More

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]]> https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/it-pays-to-pick-the-right-metrics-when-proving-the-value-of-electronic-records-management-systems/feed/ 0 How to choose the right metrics for your records management program. https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/how-to-choose-the-right-metrics-for-your-records-management-program/ https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/how-to-choose-the-right-metrics-for-your-records-management-program/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/uncategorized/how-to-choose-the-right-metrics-for-your-records-management-program/ In a three-part post we are looking at the role of metrics in demonstrating the value of RM, specifically in organizations that have implemented an electronic records management system. In this post we outline a four-step process to arriving at the right metrics.Read More

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]]> https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/how-to-choose-the-right-metrics-for-your-records-management-program/feed/ 0 How to effectively manage a shared drive: Part 2 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/how-to-effectively-manage-a-shared-drive-part-2/ https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/how-to-effectively-manage-a-shared-drive-part-2/#respond Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/uncategorized/how-to-effectively-manage-a-shared-drive-part-2/ In our last blog post we shared four initial steps to help you optimize the use of your shared drives. These first steps involved creating an information framework, designing the folder structure and establishing user permissions. From there, we were able to implement the new structure on the shared drive itself. However, before your new structure is ready for prime time, you’ll need to take care of a few additional steps.Read More

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]]> https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/how-to-effectively-manage-a-shared-drive-part-2/feed/ 0 How to effectively manage a shared drive: Part 1 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/how-to-effectively-manage-a-shared-drive-part-1/ https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/how-to-effectively-manage-a-shared-drive-part-1/#respond Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/uncategorized/how-to-effectively-manage-a-shared-drive-part-1/ Shared drives are like gardens. If you don’t tend them, they become overgrown, weedy, and not as productive as they could be. If you’ve been meaning to tackle your unruly shared drive, this blog post offers a clear path to getting it back on track.Read More

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]]> https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/how-to-effectively-manage-a-shared-drive-part-1/feed/ 0 Dealing with large documents… 4 steps to sanity https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/dealing-with-large-documents-4-steps-to-sanity/ https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/dealing-with-large-documents-4-steps-to-sanity/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/uncategorized/dealing-with-large-documents-4-steps-to-sanity/ If your organization relies on regular access to large documents, you’ll know what a headache they can be to manage. From blueprints and schematic diagrams to maps and historic records, large documents are harder to store, harder to access and harder to share. These challenges often lead to significant business inefficiencies that can hamper growth and productivity. This blog post covers four steps that you can take to help manage your large documents and eliminate these headaches.Read More

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]]> https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/dealing-with-large-documents-4-steps-to-sanity/feed/ 0 One of America’s largest retail banks re-signs with TAB to upgrade to FusionRMS v10 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/financial-services/one-of-the-largest-retail-banks-re-signs-with-tab/ https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/financial-services/one-of-the-largest-retail-banks-re-signs-with-tab/#respond Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:00:23 +0000 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/?p=1221 TAB is pleased to announce that a large American retail bank with over 2 million paper records has upgraded from TAB FusionRMS v9.3 to v10. The bank has been using FusionRMS to track several databases of servicing and custodial records throughout the organization.  Upgrading to v10 helps the bank further optimize loan management processes, specifically [...]Read More

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]]> https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/financial-services/one-of-the-largest-retail-banks-re-signs-with-tab/feed/ 0 Five tips for getting the most out of your records digitization pilot https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/five-tips-for-getting-the-most-out-of-your-records-digitization-pilot/ https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/five-tips-for-getting-the-most-out-of-your-records-digitization-pilot/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 18:36:02 +0000 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/?p=1168 Although most organizations can agree that pilot projects in general have beneficial outcomes, your pilot project can run into numerous pitfalls if you do not get the basics quite right. Here are five tips to help you accurately execute the fundamentals so your project can start out on the right foot.   Tip #1 – Choose [...]Read More

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]]> https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/five-tips-for-getting-the-most-out-of-your-records-digitization-pilot/feed/ 0 Learn how to solve four common challenges in electronic records management https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/4-tips-for-managing-your-electronic-records/ https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/4-tips-for-managing-your-electronic-records/#respond Thu, 31 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/uncategorized/4-tips-for-managing-your-electronic-records/ Most organizations now generate large volumes of electronic records, but this doesn't mean that paper records collections are shrinking. Add storage and technological restraints to the mix and you are faced with a complex RM challenge. To help you successfully manage your electronic records, we've put together these 4 tips.Read More

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]]> https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/4-tips-for-managing-your-electronic-records/feed/ 0 How to solve four common challenges when outsourcing records to the cloud – Part 2 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/how-to-solve-four-common-challenges-when-outsourcing-records-to-the-cloud-part-2/ https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/how-to-solve-four-common-challenges-when-outsourcing-records-to-the-cloud-part-2/#respond Thu, 24 May 2018 18:29:44 +0000 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/?p=1097 In last week’s blog post we explored some of the common challenges faced by organizations when storing records in the cloud. We learned that when looking for a cloud storage provider, you need to consider issues of compliance and legal control over records. In part two of our post, we explore two more challenges and [...]Read More

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]]> https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/how-to-solve-four-common-challenges-when-outsourcing-records-to-the-cloud-part-2/feed/ 0 How to solve four common challenges when outsourcing records to the cloud Part 1 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/four-pitfalls-to-avoid-when-outsourcing-records-to-the-cloud/ https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/electronic-records-management/four-pitfalls-to-avoid-when-outsourcing-records-to-the-cloud/#respond Thu, 17 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://recordsmanagement.tab.com/uncategorized/four-pitfalls-to-avoid-when-outsourcing-records-to-the-cloud/ In some ways, moving to an outsourced cloud provider is a bit like outsourcing the storage of your physical files – whether to an active records center or to a box storage provider. In both cases, the files themselves now reside within facilities owned and managed by the outsourcing provider. In both cases you are relying on another party to help ensure the privacy and security of your records.Read More

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