Tarrytown, NY, March 10, 2005 - Datacap today announced immediate availability of a new white paper, entitled "Distributed Capture, How Remote Scanning And Indexing Could Benefit Your Organization". Published by Harvey Spencer Associates, recognized capture and forms processing industry analyst, this new paper provides an in-depth analysis of the value of remote scanning and indexing.
For organizations with paper documents generated in multiple locations, moving scanning and indexing functions to the point of origin saves on mail and courier expenses, speeding input and processing of documents. Capture products that leverage XML, such as Datacap Taskmaster Web, enable scanning and indexing over the Internet.
The White Paper examines the benefits to organizations that distribute scanning and indexing over the Internet, and provides parameters to measure its value. The document concludes with a detailed checklist that can be used to conduct analysis.
Also detailed are the various models of distributed capture in use today, including remote scanning, remote indexing, and remote scanning with indexing, among others. Organizations that have deployed distributed capture are profiled, including SIRVA (parent company of Allied Van Lines and North American Van Lines), T-Mobile, Merrill Lynch, and Taylor Bean & Whitaker (TBW), a major mortgage wholesaler. Merrill Lynch estimates its savings at $2 million per year. Doug Bowman, TBW’s Vice President of Product Development, reported that by distributing scanning to 12 regional offices, it dramatically reduced overnight courier expenses. According to Bowman, each regional center cut spending by an average of $30,000 a month.
The white paper also looks at the market drivers for the significant growth of distributed capture, including the new generation of low cost scanners and Multi Function Products (MFP’s), and distributed capture software that enables remote monitoring and administration to maintain control over the process.
The Standard for Distributed Capture - Datacap Taskmaster Web
Since 2000, organizations worldwide have been increasing efficiency with Taskmaster Web. Datacap's leading distributed capture solution is completely browser-based for easy remote scanning, recognition, indexing, verification, as well as administration.
Taskmaster Web is a secure distributed capture solution that supports industry standard browsers and easily integrates with Taskmaster rules-based workflows. Customers have complete flexibility over their capture tasks, such as scan, index, recognize or verify. These tasks can be dynamically assigned to a remote or centralized, thick or thin client, workstation.
Request a free copy of the White Paper, "Distributed Capture, How Remote Scanning And Indexing Could Benefit Your Organization".
We also have a free webinar recording available, "Understanding the Value of Distributed Capture", featuring Harvey Spencer, Datacap CEO Scott Blau, and Taylor Bean & Whitaker's Doug Bowman.
About Harvey Spencer Associates
Harvey Spencer Associates (HSA) was founded in 1989 to provide consulting and analyst
services to companies involved in the scanning, recognition and capture markets. Since then,
many of the leading companies in the capture market have been clients of HSA. Harvey Spencer is a
well-known author and leading expert in the capture and forms processing markets.
About Datacap
Since 1988, Datacap Inc. has provided leading document capture and forms
processing software solutions to organizations worldwide. Datacap Taskmaster
software efficiently transforms paper into information, reducing data entry
costs and improving information accuracy. A client/server, rules-based document
capture workflow platform, Taskmaster provides highly flexible solutions for
both image indexing and data entry automation. Taskmaster also enables
scanning, indexing and administration from a browser and integrates with all
leading document management systems.