SEATTLE (May 5, 2008) – Océ Business Services, a leader in document process management and electronic discovery, will detail key strategies for effective control of law firm and law office records next week at the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) Annual Conference and Exposition. The company will also demonstrate Océ Max, the first comprehensive business performance management system designed to specifically manage document processes and outsourcing service providers.
The ALA conference and expo is a highlight of the legal management field’s annual event calendar, providing a wealth of opportunities for legal administrators to enhance their professional skills, manage their day-to-day challenges, and grow personally and professionally. It takes place Monday, May 5 through Thursday, May 8 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle.
“This year’s ALA conference spotlights two areas in which we offer expertise, records management and document performance management,” said Elizabeth Halaki, chief marketing officer for Océ Business Services. “Results of our recent industry survey reveal that these two advanced document management practices provide high-value business benefits such as enhancing operational efficiency and reducing costs.”
Executives at the Océ Business Services’ booth will be on hand to detail findings of the company’s recent survey that confirms the business benefits of efficient document management. Released April 9, the survey report, “A Premier Standard: How Organizations Can Elevate Business Performance through Advanced Document Process Management,” explores document imaging, records management, enterprise-wide print/copy, mail and shipping, automated print/mail workflows and legal discovery.
Among the key findings:
1. Document process management ineffectiveness. While 90 percent of surveyed senior executives acknowledge that managing documents throughout their lifecycle (creation through disposal) improves business performance, only 12 percent rate their organization as highly effective in this practice.
2. Value of imaging. Document imaging (paper to digital conversion) was seen as having a high impact across the greatest range of top business goals that include reducing costs, increasing competitive advantage, enhancing regulatory compliance, and improving customer service.
3. Importance of measurement. A majority of survey participants indicated that their organizations are measuring document process performance, with the highest number of organizations measuring service level performance followed by user satisfaction, user activity, and return on investment. Survey respondents also specified that the key benefits of measurement include enhanced efficiency and reduced cost of document process activities.
The full survey report is available by visiting www.obs-innovation.com.
About Océ Business Services
Océ Business Services, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of document process management services and technology to law firms, corporations and the public sector. Its spectrum of managed solutions spans the document lifecycle. These include print/copy, fleet, mail services, Six Sigma®-based performance management, records management and eDiscovery. Océ Business Services is one of the most experienced providers of eDiscovery, paper discovery, forensics and web-based review services for complex litigation and regulatory compliance matters. Océ Business Services' integrated capabilities allow it to serve enterprise-wide requirements with advanced technology, people and processes. By enabling organizations to manage and control document assets, Océ helps reduce costs, increase efficiency, mitigate risk and introduce innovation. To learn more, visit www.obs-innovation.com.
About Océ
Océ N.V. is a leading international provider of digital document management technology and services. The company’s solutions are based on Océ’s advanced software applications that deliver documents and data over internal networks and the Internet to printing devices and archives -- locally and around the world. Supporting the workflow solutions are Océ digital printers and scanners, considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Océ also offers a wide range of display graphics, consulting and outsourcing solutions.
Océ employs around 24,000 people, with 2007 revenues of approximately $4.6 billion, operates in more than 90 countries and maintains research and manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Romania and Singapore. Océ North America is headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with additional business units in Chicago, IL; New York City; Boca Raton, FL; Salt Lake City, UT; Coventry, RI; and Vancouver, BC. North American revenues represented approximately half of Océ’s worldwide business in 2007, and employment is currently 11,000. For more information about Océ, visit www.oceusa.com. Outside the U.S., consult www.oce.com.
Six Sigma is a registered trademark of Motorola Corporation.