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 v   - Retention Schedules
According to tax laws, retention schedules can be up to ten years. In addition, documentation can play an important role, for example, in product liability issues or contractual disputes. In such cases, it may be necessary to retain documents even longer.
- Sarbanes-Oxley
CPA firms and publicly traded companies have a whole new set of regulations to worry about. With the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, companies are now required to retain even more documentation, including e-mail and other types of financial correspondence.

Internal Processes
Access to detailed information such as departmental codes or general ledger numbers must be possible at all times. This guarantees that an internal cost/benefit analysis gives you the right numbers.

Success with DocuWare
With DocuWare, a much higher level of efficiency is achieved for your accounting. DocuWare organizes internal verification processes, making them swift AND secure. Routing delays are eliminated and approval time frames are significantly improved.
Decentralized simultaneous access to documents is possible. Executives are supplied with the most current information, since every record can be accessed immediately. Rooms filled with file cabinets are freed up. And preparing for an audit is immensely simplified.

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 v   Accounts Payable
The time between invoices arriving and finally being paid often takes longer than a supplier allows for your company to benefit from early payment discounts. Invoice copies go through many hands before finally being approved for payment. Verification gets bogged down because of missing information from a purchase order or packing slip. Long lag and processing times are the norm. Often the current approval status is unknown. Questions from suppliers lead to long searches and copying. The criss-crossing of originals and copies help to complicate the situation further.

Benefits With DocuWare
The DocuWare document pool is standing ready, with all of the information needed. This wellstructured system lets processes move smoothly, transparently - early payment discounts are now well within reach! The process time is significantly shorter; worries about managing original documents and multiple copies are eliminated. To learn how DocuWare provides an effective workflow solution in the accounting world.
Employees handling accounts payable also have more time for their core tasks by eliminating the time involved in searching for documents. Your company profits by reducing the overall costs generated from the invoice verification process. Better payment terms extended by a supplier, as well as leveraging contract details, are clear advantages provided by integrating DocuWare. Late fees and duplicate payments are all just money wasters of the past.

Cost Analysis
The Controller's office regularly provides analyses of department and segment expenses and makes this information available to management so they can better monitor business processes. These analyses often lead to questions that the head of a department or segment can answer by accessing certain documents.

Benefits With DocuWare
All relevant documents, including anything affecting budget variances, can be accessed with a few keystrokes from the DocuWare document pool.
Questions can be quickly resolved. The ability by management personnel to foresee budget variances and cost overruns is markedly improved, while the effort from the Controller's office is reduced. Your company can be more effectively managed. The right numbers can be found in the right place, always ready to be accessed and analyzed.

Budget Planning
A variety of people and departments are involved in the budget planning process - an annual event that requires accurate coordination and adjustment.

Benefits With DocuWare
All planning parameters, project plans and timelines are drawn from the central document pool, even the tools for managing versions of the planning status. This includes workflow functions that help divide the process into manageable steps - such as authorizations, providing access to budget information from past years and other departments. Quick access to departmental analysis, invoices, statistics and reports is guaranteed. While the quality of the budget planning process is enhanced, the amount of effort is reduced. Errors caused by obsolete versions of budget files are avoided.

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 v   Accessing information could take as long as 25 minutes. Documents older than one year were stored off-site and had to be retrieved by courier.
The company`s paper processes slowed down the resolution of patient payment issues which in turn slowed down collections.

Today, everything the department receives and sends out is stored in DocuWare.
The documents are indexed by batch number, leaving workflow processes unchanged. Information is never misplaced or lost; retrieval time has been reduced allowing the staff more time to focus on their core responsibilities. Questions are quickly answered resulting in better customer service. The department`s productivity has improved 25-30%, positioning the practice for growth without adding personnel.

Challenge:
Reduce document retrieval time and improve collections by making all accounts receivable documentation including correspondence, insurance payment documentation and privacy forms easy to access

Solution:
DocuWare, RECOGNITION and COLD/READ

Benefit:
Access to information significantly improved A/R´s productivity, increasing cash flow and improving customer service.