Airplane Parts Manufacturer Manages Critical Documents With Captaris Alchemy
March 28 2007 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Story Highlights BELLEVUE, Wash., March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Captaris, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPA), a leading provider of software
products that automate document-centric processes, announced today
that Electro-Methods, Inc., a leading manufacturer of flight safety
components for airplanes, is using Captaris Alchemy(R) to change
the way paper managed their business. As a result of the
efficiencies achieved by using Alchemy, Electro-Methods expects to
do a higher volume of business with the same number of people. Read
the full case study at http://www.captaris.com/case_studies.
Electro-Methods, located in South Windsor, Connecticut, faced the
big paper problems common to regulated industries where safety is
the highest goal. To meet Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
guidelines, Electro- Methods must retain some records for 25 years
and others for as long as an airplane part is in service. The
company continually filled filing cabinets with quality and
inspection records, blueprints, certifications and more. "We were
running out of room," said Michael Salwa, data processing manager
for Electro-Methods. Document version control was a challenge
across the company and retrieving a file could take up to an hour.
With the help of CD Dimensions, a local Captaris solutions provider
with expertise in imaging and document management, Electro-Methods
selected Alchemy as the solution. Soon the company was scanning
file cabinets full of documents into a digital archive using a KIP
wide format scanner/printer and Ricoh scanners. To date,
Electro-Methods has scanned more than a million pages into 200
archive databases managed by Alchemy. Electro-Methods also uses
Alchemy DataGrabber to automatically gather and import data from
images of aperture cards. New blueprint computer files are easy to
add to the archive using simple drag-and-drop features. 60 people
across several departments now use Alchemy Search on a daily basis
to search and retrieve documents right at their computers. Instead
of waiting up to an hour for paper copies or hunting for missing
files, employees enjoy immediate access to the latest versions from
their desktop computers. This direct access to documents saves time
for everyone. For instance Alchemy has given back almost four hours
a day to the engineering administrator since she no longer has to
distribute blueprint hard copies. Employees in accounts payable can
search and find documents while they are talking with customers on
the phone and promptly close issues. Alchemy also supports the
company's disaster recovery efforts. Salwa estimated
Electro-Methods achieved the payback on Alchemy within six months.
"Alchemy is very reasonably priced for what it does," he noted.
"There are no more lost papers or multiple copies. Managers love
it." Deploying Alchemy also allowed the company to reclaim the
office space previously occupied by filing cabinets and repurpose
it for more productive use. "We can do higher volumes of business
with the same amount of people," Salwa said. And when customers
tour the Electro-Methods facility he said the Alchemy digital
archive system is "another feather in our cap to show we have an
online imaging system instead of volumes of paper." About Captaris,
Inc. Captaris, Inc. is a leading provider of software products that
automate business processes, manage documents electronically and
provide efficient information delivery. Our product suite of
Captaris RightFax, Captaris Workflow and Captaris Alchemy is
distributed through a global network of leading technology
partners. We have customers in financial services, healthcare,
government and many other industries, and our products are
installed in all of the Fortune 100 and many Global 2000 companies.
Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Captaris was founded in 1982
and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the
symbol CAPA. For more information please visit
http://www.captaris.com/. About CD Dimensions CD Dimensions, Inc.
(http://www.cddimensions.com/), founded in 1995 and headquartered
in Old Saybrook, Conn., is a technical services and direct
marketing organization. The Digital Asset Storage division
(http://www.digitalassetstorage.com/) focuses on the solutions and
development of document management systems for all types of
businesses, with an emphasis on document imaging and mass storage
devices. The following are registered trademarks and trademarks of
Captaris: Captaris, Alchemy, RightFax and Captaris Workflow. All
other brand names and trademarks are the property of their
respective owners. DATASOURCE: Captaris, Inc. CONTACT: Barrie Locke
of Ripple Effect Communications, +1-585-377-1839, , for Captaris,
Inc.; or Dan Lucarini of Captaris, +1-303-930-4405, Web site:
http://www.captaris.com/
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