1. Document Scanning in
Ontario
Is Your Company A Candidate?

2. There are two major decisions companies in Ontario
consider when it comes to document scanning:
― The benefits they get; and
― If they should buy the technology to do the
scanning in-house or outsource to a scanning
service provider.

3. Most everyone accepts the principle that
moving away from paper documents and go
for electronic formats got more benefits.
For one, it can lower the costs by improving
efficiency.

4. Benefits of digitizing files include;
• no need of office space for storage of files
• save money by reducing need to ship in more paper
• extends the life of documents
• valuable information can be saved with a good backup
system
• share information faster and easier

5. Motivating Factors for Document Scanning in Ontario
Ask these questions to determine how beneficial scanning is for your business:
• How long does it take to retrieve documents in your office?
• Are documents lost, misfiled or damaged?
• Do you have to physically track down paper documents to help your
customers?
• Is there a need to share documents to other employees?
• Do you have limited storage spaces?
• Do employees in different locations need to access some documents?
• Are spending for storage?
• Do you need your documents to be available for a long time?
• Do you need to comply certain government regulations like the HIPAA?
• Are you concerned about your paper documents during natural disasters?

6. Using A Document Scanning Service
Realizing the huge potential of document scanning in
Ontario, the next move is to choose;
- In-House Scanning; or
- Outsource Scanning
 But you don’t want to spend on equipment and staffing
resources.

7.  Outside scanning service can be great for you.
 Vendors can provide a wide range of services to
choose from.
 Your employees will have more time to be productive.
 You can save time and money by outsourcing your
document scanning projects.

8. • Kevin D'Arcy is VP of Sales and Marketing for
MES Hybrid Document Systems, Ontario's
leading document scanning and document
management supplier. For more information
about Document Management in Ontario,
visit
http://www.mesltd.ca/service.html?id=10