Enterprise content management is the strategy, methods and tools that can be utilized to manage, publish, create and even control large and dynamic collection of content. It works for people and organizations suffering from have no structure or method to store or maintain information.
Managing Content:
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It makes it easy to manage content which is one of the salient features of the Enterprise content management system (ECM). Although that is not always enough. At times there are multiple versions of the same document and thus it is necessary to highlight the current document at all times and archive the previous versions. There are tools in place in the ECM that have the capability of managing the complete life-cycle of any content. Learning how to manage the content will improve the customer and staff management and processes thus increasing the productivity as well.
Compliance:
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Compliance must be viewed as something you integrate into you business practices and not as a project by itself. It should not be viewed as an ongoing cost to the business but as an opportunity to improve common business processes. It is common knowledge that there are usually high costs involved with technology and manpower if you follow the compliance initiative. It is not a good strategy to take the issues as they arise. It is instead better to have a strategy in place like records management, business process management. In addition to which it is also necessary to ensure that the proper business practices are followed and that the content is properly captured, stored, managed and then disposed of at the appropriate and legal time during its life-cycle. While developing a compliance initiative you are likely to engage in many areas of expertise like legal, IT and record management; all in support of the overall business. It is necessary to have expertise from each of these areas to ensure the benefits of a sound compliance program. The main tools facilitating corporate exposure are information technology and massive growth of unstructured content. If the ECM tools are used properly, it can help reduce the overall cost of compliance to the business.
Collaboration:
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Collaboration is the art of working together. Thus, utilizing the set of technologies like instant messaging, whiteboards, online meetings, emails, etc. are all important factors to a strong collaboration. On the whole it is true that groups can achieve more than individuals can. The collaboration allows the individuals with complementary and even overlapping areas of interest to end up with a better solution or strategy then any person doing it individually can ever achieve. There are very good collaboration tools available in this modern age thus enabling teams to work together any time and from any place. Thus, it is possible to utilize technology to address operational objectives like saving time, streamlining processes and even cutting costs.
