Document Management

As technology advances, the definition of document management expands. Document management is a software system that organizes the production, management accessibility, distribution, and overseeing of integrated documents. It can be defined as a large integrated library to manage all documents. Document management does not just manage the documents, it also manages the information within the documents.

Managing information technologies as a collection of products leads to inefficiencies and the loss of opportunities to leverage the organization's information assets.  Software products must exist within an overall architecture that is owned by the corporation.  The role of this architecture is to ensure the delivery of the IT goals and vision.

ProInfo is a consulting firm that specializes in document management. Our focus is to help clients plan for, acquire and implement systems that improve internal productivity.

The design and implementation of an EDM/PDM system is a specific example of implementing business processes using information technology.  EDM/PDM systems keep track of the vast amounts of data and information required to design, manufacture, and then support and maintain products.

As companies grow in size and scope, they face a critical challenge of managing and tracking their business processes. The need to maintain and control typical business work flows such as design, release and change processes is growing rapidly. In most cases, there is little history or control of a process after it is initiated, and managers have little power to locate and resolve bottlenecks.

What makes ProInfo so different from other Consultants? First, we are independent of system suppliers/vendors. We base our recommendations on first hand experience with systems that succeeded and failed. Second (and most importantly), we deliver realistic cost/benefit analyses; several clients have hired us to measure the impact of systems to see whether they delivered the expected benefits.