Especially when you have many documents to scan, it can take you a lot of time and effort to get them all scanned and then organized. MES, with over 40 years of experience in the document management industry, can help take care of your document scanning needs, no matter how big or small.

Organizations use document management software to enhance work processes across functional departments. Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Customer Service and Human Resource departments can see vast improvements without increasing staffing or budget resources.

Hazards of not electronically archiving documents

If you look around your office, what do you see? Stacks of paper, loads of filing cabinets, lack of space? If so, you need to reclaim your office space and increase efficiency. You need to get organized with document management solutions provided by MES Hybrid Document Systems.

Microfilming is the storage of documents and information onto film. It is very unique because it can be viewed with the naked eye without software or hardware, it can hold an unlimited amount of data and is much less expensive than other means of storage.

Archive Writing puts your digital images onto microfilm. In more technical terms, it produces a technology-independent analogue back-up of your digital records.

Aperture card scanners are machines that scan the contents of aperture cards and produce a digital file. An aperture card is a punched card that has a microfilm chip affixed in a cut-out window. Usually 35mm tall, the microfilm chip contains a reduced image of a reference document. An example might be an engineering drawing.

Document scanning can be real pain when you have to do it alone. Especially when you have years or even just months of documents, it can cost you a lot of time and money. Then once you are done scanning, you still have to organize it all. Save yourself the headache and take advantage of document scanning services.

Whether you are a small business or large corporation, chances are you deal with at least some paper on a regular basis or you have paper files from previous years that have not yet been converted into digital format. Either way, you have a few options: 1) leave it as is because being paperless is not a priority for your company; 2) go paperless but still keep paper or microfilm records; 3) scan and archive all of your documents on your own; or 4) get an archive writing system or company to help you go completely paperless and maintain that status as your company grows.

Aperture cards are a type of card that is cut out to fit a chip or microfilm within it. Surrounding the image is machine-readable data that pertains to the specific image. Aperture cards allow you to archive important information and make inexpensive copies for distribution. They have been used in different industries for many years. They are a very reliable and useful way to archive information and have a lifespan of 100 years. Aperture card scanners are used to read the cards, scan them, email them and electronically store them.