Technology Reseller - v14 2018

28 Information Technology for Small to Medium-sized Businesses Scanning for opportunities with Fujitsu Scanning and document capture is an ideal extension to existing offerings given the continuing digitalisation of workplaces driven by compliance, mobile working, generational demands and the need to cut costs/raise productivity and manage business information efficiently whilst ensuring its privacy and physical protection. Customers choosing a dedicated document scanner as opposed to a multifunction device are enabling their business to become more efficient and productive, whilst embracing the digital revolution and merging paper-based records with digitally-born files. Digitalisation creates greater collaboration both between staff and with clients, who are often increasingly demanding faster, better access to their data. Scanned documents can be instantly shared across the cloud or a network and viewed across a variety of platforms such as tablets, phones and notebooks. FURTHER BENEFITS OF A DEDICATED SCANNER INCLUDE: Improved speed and paper handling Capture double-sided documents easily, at speed and intuitively. Fujitsu’s scanner range offers a high daily throughput and can cope with mixed batches without the need for pre-sorting or adjusting settings. They also come with in- built hardware feeding functions There are several advantages to scanning documents and merging themwith digitally-born material, all of which can be used to open up conversations with SMB customers around document scanning solutions and the need for a dedicated scanning device. These include: • Save money • Productivity gains • Collaboration • Easy organisation • Smarter working • Free your space • Disaster recovery planning • Deterioration of quality • Efficient retrieval • Legal admissibility • Document and records retention • Greener • Customer satisfaction As well as those benefits listed above, the cost of paper and print is increasing too, putting further pressures on paper-based processes, if a business factors in the indirect costs of print, such as the time taken to find and retrieve a document from a file versus a quick, online search, the case to switch to a digital process is compelling – as is the case for using dedicated scanners over MFPs. Document Management