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Your offices may be crowded with bulky, inefficient filing cabinets–but there are better ways to manage documents. Streamlining how you manage your business-critical documents is mandated by governing agencies as well as your bottom line. Advantages of moving to an Electronic Document and Content Management Solution are obvious but for some this may be a new, challenging concept. This section explains what document imaging is, and why it is beneficial for any business. Document Imaging is the process of converting paper documents, microfilm, microfiche and aperture cards into electronic image files. Once scanned or imported, documents are processed and indexed using one to many parameters and stored in an electronic archive. Images securely stored in an electronic archive, or repository, can be retrieved, viewed, panned, zoomed, rotated, cropped, resized, annotated and redacted. Software applications that enable imaging functionality are known as Document Management Systems (DMS).

OpenKM is an Enterprise Content Management Software, often referred to as Document Management Systems (DMS). There's a lot of literature about document management terms like : DMS, EDRMS or CMS usually more influenced by marketing rules rather than objective reasons. A Document Management Software is a computer program used to store, manage and track electronic documents and electronic images of paper based information captured through the use of a document scanner. OpenKM is a management solution that allows businesses to control the production, storage, management and distribution of electronic documents, yielding greater effectiveness and the ability to reuse information and to control the flow of the documents. OpenKM is a document management software that integrates all essential document management, collaboration and an advanced search functionality into one easy to use solution.