SAP software has been an essential part of many businesses for over 20 years. What started as a typical effort to improve efficiency has resulted in a company—and software—that has become critical to keeping businesses organized. Thanks to SAP software, like their Enterprise Resource Planning tools and other innovations like the Netweaver Application Server, many different types of companies now benefit from a more streamlined system for handling operations, finances, and other essential business activities.

Depending on the age and practices of a business, there may be a few paper records sitting around in a file or a filing cabinet. Or there may be an entire section of a corporate building dedicated to physical archive storage, with documents going back decades and all carefully preserved. In some cases, such materials may even be offloaded to a third-party vendor for storage if the office space is necessary, but so is preserving the documents. That is where digital document management can play an important role.