Laserfiche Review
Overall Satisfaction with Laserfiche
Laserfiche within our company was first utlized to make our Accounts Payable department paperless with incoming invoices and the internal approval process between managers. We replicated our paper process into Laserfiche and it saved time and money. From there Laserfiche spun off into paperless documentation for some medical records utlizing QuickFields with a bar code process to automate the sorting. It also began to house secure documents for managers and human resources. Our next step was to invest and implement the Workflow Management module with Laserfiche to bring Laserfiche to its full potential since we now had employees on board using the software and being excited to use the product. We chose Laserfiche over other document management solutions because it is timeless with archiving documents and editing documents right out of Laserfiche. For example, a TIFF file would be created from a PDF file and could always be referenced; where if there was a PDF version 4 archived and the company was at PDF version 8, it would be highly possible the document would not be able to read because it was too old of an PDF version. However, as TIFF is an image and can be OCR'd, it could be read.
Pros
- Streamline accounts payable to a paperless process to increase efficiency and productivity of manager approvals and paying creditors
- Universal access of documents between office locations decreasing/eliminating inter office mail as files/folders have security access setup between departments and employees
- Backup and version control of documents with the ability to read any old/out dated document
- Automated process to sort, tag, and file documents
Cons
- Quickfields sometimes became difficult when the OCR had difficulty reading the barcodes even after intense manipulations and changes to make the index sheet work; though when it worked which was most of the time, it was seamless
- As I work in IT, it was easy for me to learn the product, however more simple documentation for end users without IT backgrounds.
- 1 to 2 day lead time for processing bills (accounts payable) versus 1 to 2 weeks with a paper process
- Instant access to records between multiple locations versus interoffice and taking a week or more with patient information
We evaluated about four different document imaging solutions through vendors in the area (Marco, Imaging Path, Xerox, and Laserfiche). We choose Laserfiche because the software is made to extend beyond the years of different software going out of date. The repository can hold any document and creates an image for redunacy which has actually come in handy with documents we had problems reading because software was not availalbe. Another point, is that Laserfiche is being utlized by the government as the product is secure, robust, and simplifies digital document managment.
Using Laserfiche
Laserfiche Implementation
- Professional services company
Laserfiche Support
Pros | Cons |
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Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed Immediate help available Support cares about my success | None |
Yes as we used Laserfiche in a hosted environment. Our company would Remote Desktop from any location for employee profiles to setup and access different software. Laserfiche was included in that. During the setup the Laserfiche physical server was accessible but very sluggish. Their support helped us determine our network setup to open up different ports, be on an isolated domain, and diminish the issue with slow connectivity to process documents.
Using Laserfiche
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Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- It is similar to using Windows Explorer
- Templates are easy to setup and users can select drop downs to fill in pertinent information
- Security is similar to Microsoft Active Directory(AD) with users and groups while also being able to be ingrated with AD
- Quickfields can be bothersome to initially set up
- Training end users that are technology challenged
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