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The Importance of Managing your Physical Records

March 16, 2012

Have you spent minutes, maybe even hours, searching for a lost document or file? More often than not, companies that manually manage their physical records misplace and even permanently lose important documents. Searching for missing items cost the company time, labor and money. On a larger scale the consequences can also include legal problems, regulatory violations and security risks.

With companies starting to shift away from paper records to electronic records, the management of physical items is often overlooked when creating a data management plan. However, paper records and physical assets are still very much present. According to AIIM 56% of organization continue to experience a steady increase in their volume of paper records. A growing volume of paper records require a Physical Records Management (PRM) solution.

Key Advantages of a PRM:

  • Reduce the amount of misplaced and lost files
  • Meet regulatory compliance to reduce legal risk
  • Retain records for as long as needed, and destruction when needed
  • Decrease auditing time
  • Increase staff productivity and overall efficiency by improving information retrieval
  • Secure access to confidential files and documents
  • Track where records are and where they have been

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Jen Beltran

Marketing

FileTrail

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FileTrail has been delivering physical records management software and RFID-based file tracking technology since our founding in 2000. Based in the Silicon Valley, FileTrail is proud of the over 400 leading organizations across the public and commercial markets that have chosen our solutions to deliver file management and tracking solutions that help them reduce cost, ensure compliance, and streamline business processes. For the past decade we have cultivated a deep community of related technology and service partners, and through these relationships FileTrail solutions are available to customers worldwide.