Demystifying Compliance: How Long to Keep Business Records in Canada

Posted by MESHDS on Mar 18, 2024 8:00:00 AM

 

Understanding how long to keep business records in Canada is critical for senior leaders in mid- to large companies. It's not just about keeping your office organized; it's a legal requirement. Knowing and following document retention policies is essential for staying compliant with Canadian laws. This is where MES Hybrid Document Systems comes in. They offer a full range of document scanning services managed by experts. From planning your project to indexing your documents, MES helps you stay on top of your record management, ensuring compliance and efficiency.

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Topics: document management, Document Retention Policy

Strategic Data Management: Leveraging Digital Archiving for Business Success

Posted by MESHDS on Feb 26, 2024 8:00:00 AM

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the management and preservation of data have become paramount for businesses across all sectors. Digital archiving, a critical component of strategic data management, offers much more than mere storage solutions. It represents a sophisticated approach to organizing, securing, and retrieving crucial business information efficiently. 

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Topics: digital archives, data preservation, document management, Data Management

Digital Workplaces are Here to Stay

Posted by MESHDS on May 13, 2021 10:15:00 AM

Working from home is a concept we've been familiar with for a long time now—but the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged the remote working scene. Almost overnight, scores of people worldwide started working from home—even professionals like doctors, lawyers and teachers (who we never imagined would work remotely)!

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Topics: digital organization, document management

A brief history of paper to digital documentation

Posted by Andrew D'Arcy on May 5, 2020 2:17:10 PM

Startups do things digitally. But companies that have been around for decades largely don’t. It seems impossible to believe, but 82% of companies are still paper-based. 

“With all the lip service paid to innovation, it’s astounding that most businesses still use technology invented more than 2,000 years ago. We’ve entered the era of 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and missions to Mars — yet only 18 percent of companies consider themselves paperless.”

—Corp! Magazine

New Checklist: Is Document Imaging Right For You?

With cloud servers and apps like Monday, Trello, and Evernote replacing paper calendars, notebooks, and whiteboards, it seems crazy to think that less than 20% of all companies in 2020 operate digitally. Not so crazy, though, when you consider that computers weren’t even part of the office environment 40 years ago.

Let’s take a look at the brief history of paper to digital documentation and nail down when paper processes will finally go digital.

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Topics: paper usage, paper documents, manual document filing, process management, document management trends, document management, business process automation, digital transformation

The 10 Disadvantages of Manual Documents Filing

Posted by Andrew D'Arcy on May 5, 2020 2:16:12 PM

New employee: “I can’t find the printer and I need to print something.”

Coworker: “We don’t have one. And no you don’t.” 

Startups do things digitally. 

Invoices, receipts, and business cards are digital. Any paper that does come in—usually from the government—gets digitized and put in the cloud and that paper is recycled immediately. Post its and wall-hanging calendars are replaced by apps like Monday and Trello and Teamwork. Notebooks swap for task managers. Clutter disappears and productivity soars. 

 

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Topics: manual document filing, document scanning solutions, compliance, document management trends, document management, digital transformation

All-In Guide: Understanding Document Scanning and Management

Posted by Andrew D'Arcy on Mar 25, 2020 11:28:11 AM

Document scanning turns paper files into digital documents. Document management is a system that tracks digitized documents, ensuring accountability, transparency, organization, knowledge retention, shareability, and productivity.

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Topics: document scanning services, document management

Things to Consider When Choosing a Business Document Management System

Posted by Andrew D'Arcy on Dec 17, 2019 7:16:00 AM

Each year, the global paper usage is about 400 million tons of paper. Using paper in offices is inevitable. However, the growing technology in document management is enhancing the efficiency of this process. 

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Topics: document management

How Do Document Management Systems Reduce Costs?

Posted by Andrew D'Arcy on Aug 22, 2019 10:12:00 AM

Companies in a wide variety of industries are now using document management systems to reduce their expenditures and improve the efficiency of their working processes. Our team at MESHDS has decades of experience in working with document management technology. In this new post, we’re explaining a little more about how document management systems can help reduce costs.

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Topics: document management, digital transformation

How Will Your Staff's Roles Change With Automation

Posted by Andrew D'Arcy on Jul 31, 2019 9:25:00 AM

Office automation can be something that a lot of businesses are reluctant to implement. This is because they assume that they are going to need to replace staff members. Then, employees worry because they fear that they are going to be out of work because of all these changes that are coming into play because of tech developments. However, automation is not about replacing staff with software. Instead, it is about streamlining daily tasks so that your team is able to focus on those problems that technology is not able to solve. With that being said, in this blog post, we are going to take a look at how automation is going to change employee roles. 

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Topics: office automation, document management, business process automation

The Top Document Management Trends So Far in 2019

Posted by Andrew D'Arcy on Jul 15, 2019 8:15:22 AM

Document management has taken on even greater importance at all businesses. We have always had the need to manage documents and data. However, it seems that the amount of data we’re handling is growing at a monumental rate. Because of this, we need to have efficient processes in place to manage everything securely and effectively. With that being said, in this blog post, we are going to take a look at some of the data and content management trends that have been dominating the document management industry so far in 2019.

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Topics: ECM Sotware, document management

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