ECM-Documentum

Enterprise content management (ECM) is an integrated set of content, compliance, and collaboration solutions that support the way people work, from initial discussion and planning through design, production, marketing, sales, service, and corporate administration. With a single platform, ECM enables people to collaboratively create, manage, deliver, and archive information that drives business operations, from documents, records, and discussions to e-mail, Web pages, and rich media. An ECM solution makes it possible for companies to distribute all of this content in multiple languages, across internal and external systems, applications, and user communities

•   Enables companies to share, manage, and reuse the vital corporate knowledge contained in contents. •   Allows replication (duplication) of content on a global basis and seamless support for distributed Doc-bases. •   Allows Web-based administration of content used in the entire global enterprise. •   Manages workflow by controlling the flow of information through all phases of a process. •   Fosters more effective teamwork to accelerate business-critical applications. •   Allows companies to deliver products faster, providing better customer service. •   Accelerates the "time to market" for products by improving product quality. •   Enhances operational effectiveness by allowing users to:       Share and leverage each other's work (permissions determine access).   Find the latest and most current information for any version created along the way.   Implement corporate policies and procedures that manage information.

Why ECM?

To talk about the importance of enterprise content management is to talk how businesses use and share information. How this information is created, stored, and reused is the job of enterprise content management. Today's global companies produce an enormous amount of content. However, managing this content becomes a challenge for most organizations. The task is exacerbated by the astounding pace at which this content is produced and consumed every moment of every day. This rate has been estimated to be around 200% per year or more. Thus, content management has a direct impact on your business. Moreover, this information represents an enormous investment in time and money, and without a comprehensive system to manage it, the return on that investment will be minimal.

Documentum:

Documentum is recognized as the leader in enterprise content management by customers, analysts, partners, and developers. The Documentum ECM platform has been field tested in the world's largest organizations and has already established itself as the platform on which customers and partners standardize their content management infrastructure. Documentum 5 is the most comprehensive content management product available today, combining support for various information types, including documents, web content, images, and multimedia files, and supports processes as diverse as aggregation, syndication, and collaboration.

What is the Value of ECM?

An enterprise content management solution manages the information your business depends on. With ECM, you can realize greater efficiency across your organization, abide by industry requirements, reduce the risk of non-compliance with government regulations, ensure effective marketing through all channels, cut operating expenses, and enhance relationships with customers.

Some of the reasons why companies deploy an ECM solution include:

Compliance:

An enterprise content management solution manages the information your business depends on. With ECM, you can realize greater efficiency across your organization, abide by industry requirements, reduce the risk of non-compliance with government regulations, ensure effective marketing through all channels, cut operating expenses, and enhance relationships with customers.

Efficiency:

With ECM, you can lower costs and increase operational efficiency by automating processes and providing the right content to the right people at the right time.

Consistency:

Enforcement of business rules is achievable with ECM when you ensure that the right content is being used by everyone, regardless of their location, language, or business application.

Customer service:

ECM enables better customer service, which improves customer satisfaction and increases loyalty.

Archiving:

A key capability of ECM is its ability to preserve content in an automated, inexpensive, and readily available way.

Management:

Managing content across an extended enterprise requires a wide range of capabilities, such as business process automation, library services, content security, and collaboration services. These functions should be at the core of any ECM platform.

Delivery:

Whether it's to a corporate marketing Web site, a partner portal, a mobile application for sales managers, a printed brochure, or an electronic newsletter, an ECM platform helps get content where it needs to go.

Archival:

The job of ECM doesn't end with storage or delivery. The ability to automate the process of archiving content, particularly in a business critical climate requiring careful management of records is highly desirable. Proper archiving can protect you from expensive litigation and help you to store huge amounts of content cost-effectively, while keeping it available. ECM helps you with that.

Consolidation:

By implementing a single solution to manage your enterprise content, you can reduce TCO and vendor-related risks, consolidate the number of suppliers, and leverage economies of scale.