Re: Document imaging solutions

[daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

If you have downsized and cost is an issue you may want to consider 
outsourcing your document imaging.  You didn't say anything about your 
search and retrieval needs.  Chase offers a service called iVault.  They 
identify key fields of documents that need to be indexed for sorting and 
searching.  Their processing facility cleans (tears off tractor-feed paper 
holes, unfolds corners, removes staples, etc.), scans, and manually key 
index values for the documents.  I believe that they might offer an option 
to let you scan them yourself.  Storage is on their system and retrieval 
is via a secure Internet connection.

The cost of imaging is more than just hardware and software.  There is a 
lot of time and labor involved which is a recurring cost that varies with 
volume.  We've been using them for over two years and it's worked well.


Dave Parnin