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Birmingham
Document Scanning offers the following affordable services included
in our process:
- Convert Paper Files to
Electronic Media (CD)
- Document Imaging &
Scanning
- Optional Secure Destruction
of Sensative Files
- Scanning Verification
by live technician
- Installation of software
on your system
- Staff Training & Instruction
- Retain Backup of All
CDs
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Scanning in Birmingham.
A little about
Birmingham, Alabama,
Birmingham
is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson
County. The city also occupies portions of Shelby County. Birmingham was at the
center of the American Civil Rights Movement throughout the 1960's. Birmingham
is a city that features a mixture of Old South meets New South, but perhaps without
the progressive government that the label connotes in this new southern culture.
In recent years Birmingham has been named by various groups as one of the best
U.S. cities to live in.
It was founded as an industrial
enterprise after the close of the Civil War. However, beginning in 1873, the city
began to grow at an astonishing pace through the turn of the century, earning
itself the nicknames of "The Magic City" and "The Pittsburgh of
the South". Over the course of the 20th century, while industry declined
nationwide, the city's economy diversified. Though manufacturing is still a strong
sector, Birmingham also is a major medical research center and a regional banking
and publishing power.
The population of the city
proper is only 242,820 (2000 U.S. census), and declined to 236,620 according to
the 2003 estimate. However, it serves as the primary nucleus for a sprawling urbanization
known as Greater Birmingham with 1,052,238 inhabitants.
Birmingham was founded on June 1, 1871 by real estate promoters who sold lots
near the planned crossing of the Alabama & Chattanooga and South & North
railroads. The site of the railroad crossing was notable for the nearby deposits
of iron ore, coal, and limestone - the three principal raw materials used in making
steel. Birmingham is one of the very few places worldwide where significant amounts
of all three minerals can be found in close proximity. From the start the new
city was planned as a great center of industry. The founders borrowed the name
of Birmingham, England's principal industrial city, to advertise that point. Birmingham
got off to a slow start: the city was impeded by an outbreak of cholera and a
Wall Street crash in 1873. But soon afterward the city began growing rapidly.
In the 1950s and '60s Birmingham
received national and international attention as a center of the civil rights
struggle for African-Americans. A watershed in that movement occurred in 1963
when four black girls were killed by a bomb planted at the 16th Street Baptist
Church. Violent racial conflicts have long since abated and most residents of
Birmingham are eager to put such distasteful history behind them.
Following the same pattern
as many other American cities, the population inside Birmingham's city limits
has fallen over the past few decades. From 340,887 in 1960, the population was
down to 242,820 in 2000, a loss of about 45 percent. However, the growth of suburbs
to the south of Birmingham over that same time period has kept the metropolitan
population growing.
In 1971 Birmingham celebrated
its centennial with a round of public works improvements, including the upgrading
of Vulcan Park.
In 1979 Birmingham elected
Dr. Richard Arrington as its first African-American mayor.
In 1996 Birmingham's Legion
Field hosted early rounds of Olympic soccer.
Over the course of the
20th century, while industry declined nationwide, the city's economy successfully
diversified. Though manufacturing is still a strong sector, Birmingham also is
a major medical research center and a regional banking and publishing power.
Document
Scanning vs Paper Storage
VS
Paper
Stored File
Travel to
paper storage -------------------------- 20 min - 40 min
Search for file and specific documents ------- 15 min - 30 min
Return to work -------------------------------------- 20 min - 40 min
Copy, fax or mail documents -------------------- 15 min - 20 min
Prepare files for destruction --------------------- 10 min - 20 min
Total Time 1 hr 20 min
- 2 hrs 30 min
(Assume $10.00 / hr salary and benefits) $13.33 - $25.00 / occurrence
Electronic
File System or Document Scanning
Insert disc into PC or
retrieve from server--- 2 min - 3 min
Print or email documents ------------------------ 2 min - 5 min
Total Time 4 min - 8 min
(Assume $10.00 / hr salary and benefits) $.66 - $1.33 / occurrence
Expense of Storing Paper
Files Verses Electronic File Storage
Paper
Storage Expenses
(personal storage unit)
4.6 cents per month 55.2
cents per year (150 page files)
Storage boxes ($7.50 / 20 files) 37.5 cents per file
Destruction cost after retention period. 60 cents per file
Labor cost ?
Total Cost per File (5
year retention period) $3.72 + Labor
Paper Storage Expense
(third party storage facility)
Enter file into storage
$1.25 - $1.30
Storage boxes ($7.50 / 20 files) 37.5 cents per file
6 cents per month 72 cents per year
Destruction cost after retention period 60 cents
Labor cost ?
Total Cost per File (five
year retention period) $5.18 - $5.28 +Labor
(Retrieval charge of $25 -$40 per occurrence)
Electronic File Storage or Documet
Scanning
Scanning expense (average)
$5.00 - $6.00
Labor cost $0
Storage boxes $0
Destruction cost $0
Total Cost per File (Lifetime
retention) $2.00 - $6.00
Q:
My files are messy, how should I prepare them?
Q: How will you label my files?
Q: How do my files get back on my system?
Q: What about my new files?
Q: Can the CD data be altered?
Q: How Much? Can I see a demo?
Q: What industries are using document imaging?
Call Don DiPlacido at 205-822-6886
for a personalized demonstration using your own data.
" Did You Know? "
• 90% of corporate memory exists on paper.
• Of pages that get handled in the office, 90% are
merely shuffled.
• The average document gets copied 19 times.
• Companies spend $20.00 in labor to file a document. $ 120.00
in labor to find a misfiled document, and $ 220.00 in labor to produce a lost
document.
• 7.5 % of all documents get lost, 3 % of the remainder get
misfiled.
• Professionals spend 5-15 % of their time reading information
but 50 % looking for it.
• 4 Trillion paper documents are in the US alone, growing
at a rate of 22 % per year.
Typical document
management systems have the user scan in the original paper document, and store
the image of the document in the document management system. The image is often
given a name containing the date and the user is often asked to type in additional
"tags" in order to make finding the image easier. Slightly
more advanced versions also perform an OCR on the image, storing the text along
with the image. Although most OCR systems are notoriously inaccurate, even a few
correct words scanned off the page can eliminate the need for the user to type
in their own tags.
Once the document is stored,
it is typically retrieved using an application that is aware of the way the tags
(or scanned text) and image are related. That way when you search for "invoice",
opening the document will in fact open the original image.
Document management systems
can save a tremendous amount of time, even in cases with small numbers of documents,
like home bill payment or personal tax preparation. It is somewhat odd that they
aren't more widely used, but some of this is likely the fault of the scanning
step. Many systems include their own high-speed black and white scanner to make
this step as easy as possible, or can incorporate existing office MFPs.Storing
electronic documents is somewhat different but follows the same principle. Here,
every kind of internal documentation of somebody (typically a company or corporation)
is both written and stored electronically. Printed copies of documents need not
even be produced, and documents may be electronically signed.
Electronic document management
systems typically include a workflow model for certifying and electronically signing
documents.Electronic
document management systems can be extended to support requirements under the
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 by addition of digital rights management controls including real-time
network/application/file monitoring and policy control. This gives auditors, administrators
and directors documented evidence of internal controls that communicate, store,
and protect documents and allows unalterable logs or databases of who has accessed
which pieces of information, where and when. It also gives fine-grained control
of who can access, view, print or forward any particular document or group of
documents.
About our Process
• Compact & easily stored (One CD holds
up to 25,000 pages!)
• No software or hardware to lease or purchase
• Recognized as legal by US federal court system
• Completely confidential, secure, and insured
• Instant file retrieval
• Multiple search fields
• Accessible to more than one user simultaneously
• Reduces labor, cuts costs, saces time
• No more misfiled or lost documents
• No more off site storage fees
• Free pick up and delivery
Document Imaging of Birmingham
offers the following affordable services included in our process:
- Convert Paper Files to Electronic Media (CD)
- Document Imaging & Scanning
- Optional Secure Destruction of Sensative Files
- Imaging Verification by live technician
- Installation of software on your system
- Staff Training & Instruction
- Offsite Backup
I'm
Interested: Tell Me More!
Frequently
Asked Questions
Q:
What if my files are a mess? What do I need to do to get them ready for scanning?
A: You don't have to do anything to your files!
We scan them as they are. Notes on the file covers, sticky notes, etc...will be
scanned as well. No information will be lost or overlooked.
Q: How do you know
how to label my files so I can find them in my system?
A: Indexing can be done in several different
ways and we will consult with you before processing any of your files. The indexing
is customized to match your current filing methods.
Q: How do the files
get into our system so we can access them?
A: After we have scanned the files, we'll
transfer the data to a CD which contains images of all pages of each individual
file. The CD can be read in a CD-ROM drive, saved to a computer hard drive, or
hosted on a network. If you have a network, everybody can access the same data
at the same time.
Q: What happens after
all the old stuff is on CD? We are making new files and adding paperwork everyday.
Won't there be a gap?
A: Old data is stored and archived on seperate
CDs. Your current workflow documents will be periodically converted to digital
files as your situation dictates.
Q: What kind of Data
Security is there? Could someone change the data in a scanned file?
A: Good Question! NOBODY will be able to alter
any data on your CD's. All data will be converted to PDF, which keeps anyone from
adding or deleting any data.
Q: How much does it
cost and can you do a sample of our archives so we can try it out first?
A: In order to give you a detailed quote,
we will gladly create a trial-sized demo CD of you actual files digitally converted
with no obligation to you. Based on your demo file we'll determine what we'll
change for the complete project.
Q: What are the industries
that use your services?
A: We serve many industries, including:
- Realtors
- Builders
- Developers
- Architects
- Contractors
- Mortgage Companies
- Auto dealers
- Universities & Colleges
- Doctors - HIPPAA compliance, our document management solution is perfect for
patient records.
For answers to YOUR questions, call 205-822-6886 or E-mail
us.
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