Datacap Celebrates Record Year By Honoring Customers and Resellers

Capture Comes of Age

2007 was a year of substantial growth and success for Datacap and we owe it all to our demanding customers and our very capable Channel Partners. In recognition, we salute five customers and five resellers who helped make 2007 a year to remember. Awards were presented at the annual Datacap User Conference, held at the Tarrytown House in autumn 2007.

Read about the Conference and see photos here. Better yet, see a 4 minute highlights video, which features Datacap customers talking about their experiences. You can also catch a few minutes of Datacap Conference headliner Joey Gay's comedy act ("Last Comic Standing") with footage provided by Steve Emrick.

2007 Capture Excellence Awards

Datacap customers who combine vision with persistence help push the boundaries of what is possible. Demanding users help extend Taskmaster's features and functions to benefit Datacap's entire end-user community. To celebrate our most successful year yet, Datacap has awarded five customers the second annual Datacap Capture Excellence Awards.

"Datacap salutes the 2007 Capture Excellence winners for demonstrating innovation and strategic use of Taskmaster within their organizations," said Scott Blau, Datacap CEO. "This year's award winners have all pushed the boundaries of Taskmaster to expand the value of their investments."

The 2007 Capture Excellence awardees include:

Excellence in Medical Claims: Capital Blue Cross

With more than 2,000 employees serving Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley, Capital Blue Cross, a non-profit health insurer for Pennsylvania, is one of the largest employers in that area. The deployment of Datacap Taskmaster for Medical Claims integrated with Global 360 Imaging and Workflow for NT solution has enabled Capital to fully automate and streamline its entire medical claims processing system across all offices. To increase adminstrator control, all claim verify operators now view claim data through a browser, using Taskmaster Web. In 2007, Capital Blue Cross upgraded to Taskmaster 7, with full rules control over the capture process.

Excellence in Invoices: Exel Transportation

Exel Transportation Services (ETS), an operating company of Exel Supply Chain Services, is part of the Contract Logistics Division of Deutsche Post World Net. ETS provides third-party transportation solutions for the Supply Chain Market via its network of more than 70 independent brokerage offices. In 2007, working with Datacap partner Torrential Data, ETS implemented Taskmaster for Invoices to capture carrier invoice images and support backup documentation, including Bills of Lading and Proofs of Delivery.

Excellence in Distributed Capture: Taylor, Bean & Whitaker

Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. (TBW), based in Ocala, Fla., has grown rapidly from a small-town retail mortgage firm to a top 10 national wholesale mortgage lender. Founded in 1982, TBW today loans more than $25 billion to community banks and independent mortgage brokers across the United States annually and has nearly $5 billion in assets. In 2007, TBW expanded its state-of-the-art distributed scanning and capture system with Datacap Taskmaster. It now scans more than 300,000 pages a day, which has contributed to TBW's leadership reputation and propelled its growth.

Excellence in Forms Processing: Virginia Tax

Since 2001, the Virginia Department of Taxation has been recognized as an innovator utilizing technology to improve the efficiency of state tax return processing. With Taskmaster installed by Datacap integrator CGI, Virginia has nearly doubled data entry productivity and in 2007 pushed auto-capture of tax returns to 84%. In addition, Virginia was one of the first states to implement two dimensional (2-D) barcode capture capabilities to further automate the processing of about two million tax returns annually.

Excellence in Innovation: Kuehne + Nagel Canada

Kuehne + Nagel is one of the top three transportation companies in the world, providing sea freight, airfreight, rail and road, and contract logistics. Based in Mississauga, Ontario, Kuehne + Nagel Canada is the first division to adopt customs invoice automation. Chosen for Excellence in Innovation 2007, Kuehne + Nagel, working closely with Datacap partner Applied Docs, extended the capabilities of Datacap Taskmaster to identify and capture complex line items on commercial invoices that can be up to 100 pages long.

As a channel organization, Datacap's success depends on having capable and proactive Channel Partners. While many of our partners in 2007 enjoyed success, Datacap selected five Channel Partners to reward for their commitment and drive to satisfy customers.

"Each of our partners has helped us to push Taskmaster's capabilities into new areas either by designing new applications or integrating Taskmaster into new powerful solutions," said Scott Blau, Datacap CEO.

The 2007 Partner Excellence Award Winners:

Applied Docs of Almomte, Ontario provides document management solutions for the transportation industry. In 2007, working closely with Datacap, Applied Docs implemented a solution for Kuehne + Nagel Canada that automates customs information capture from commercial invoices. A demanding application, the Kuehne + Nagel solution requires accurate capture of line items, from dissimilar documents which can contain hundreds or even thousands of lines of data, with 7 plus fields per line. The results include dramatic productivity and time savings for Kuehne + Nagel. This allows Kuehne + Nagel to grow their business at a much lower cost while improving their customer response times.

Integrator CGI has combined Taskmaster with its Sovera solutions for healthcare, delivering capture of patient medical records and Accounts Payable documents. Sovera ® HIM and Sovera ® AP solutions utilizing Taskmaster enable hospitals to convert paper documents into electronic records; provide more efficient and accurate document indexing than one person could accomplish; decrease errors; and shorten document cycle time. Earlier this year, Sovera-Datacap solutions were implemented at Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Health Management Associates (HMA) and St. Vincent's Indianapolis Hospital. At one customer site, the Sovera and Taskmaster solution has generated a reduction in scan and indexing staff from 11 to six. It also enables nearly half of the client's paper medical records to be processed without human intervention.

Cutting Edge Solutions (CES), Kansas City, has leveraged its mastery of Datacap Rules and expertise in Taskmaster implementations to exceed the expectations of a roster of customers, including KC Life, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, and Murphy-Hoffman, among others. The CES team has continually taken the lead on development and deployment of new applications, including a capture Web Service that runs inside OnBase from Hyland Software, Datacap Wordfire auto classification software, and Visioneer OneTouch. CES' unique technical skills and sense of fun have helped them to build a loyal community of customers that grows exponentially year to year.

Torrential Data of Virginia Beach, Virginia had previously integrated its high volume document management toolkit, known as Datahaven TM , with Exel Transportation Services' custom accounting application to help Exel manage the paper-intensive accounting transactions of its contract logistics and freight management business. In late 2006, Torrential Data approached Datacap to add Datacap's forms processing technology to improve further on the efficiency of the integrated Datahaven solution. In 2007, Torrential Data added Taskmaster for Invoices to the solution to help Exel process - on a daily basis - up to 6,000 pages of invoices plus up to 7,000 pages of backup documentation related to these invoices. Torrential Data fashioned a high volume, fully-integrated solution with advanced data capture functionality that has enabled Exel to reduce its administrative headcount and streamline its document cycle times from 10 days to five. As a result, Exel projects its return on investment will reach 218% within five years.

Electronic Knowledge Interchange (EKI) prides itself on developing robust document management solutions for corporate and governmental organizations. In 2007, EKI completed its innovative application for the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) as part of the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI). CRI is a federally-funded program to aid cities in increasing their capacity to deliver medicines and medical supplies during a large-scale public health emergency. EKI's solution leveraged Taskmaster to capture and store data on citywide dispensing of medications to the three million people in Chicago. In addition, EKI implemented a large Accounts Payable capture solution for Goodyear Tire, integrating Taskmaster for Invoices with IBM/FileNet and SAP.