Press Releases

NCEMC Achieves Regulatory Compliance by Utilizing Records Management

DAYTON, Ohio, (9/1/2004) – Internal and external forces are affecting the way in which organizations create, manage, use, protect, and audit mission-critical information and associated processes. Regulatory demands (Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Gramm-Leach Bliley), legal records retention requirements (FERC, RUS), disaster recovery planning, content management technologies, collaboration (workflow), and enterprise application integration are dramatically impacting virtually every organizations’ policies and procedures associated with the storage, management, and distribution of data and document-based information.

North Carolina EMC (NCEMC) is combating these forces by implementing , a content management, records management, and workflow solution from Document Imaging Solutions, Inc. is an open architecture “out-of-the-box” solution that can be easily integrated with existing business systems and is optionally customizable to fit the exact needs of the organization. comes standard with content management, records management (optional DoD 5015.2 certified records management), and document centric workflow functionality.

The records management capability of is unique in that most document imaging/document management applications that cooperatives currently implement or are thinking of implementing, do not have any records management functionality. NCEMC Records Manager, Tammy Wheeler, states "The records management function has proven to be beneficial to our organization. We can assign a disposal date to each record and ensure consistency in records destruction, and legal compliance.

User specific document security, versioning of documents (absolute file integrity) and a complete audit history of every function performed by a user against a specific document or set of documents is tracked by . This is very important to NCEMC as well as every other cooperative that is utilizing .

By utilizing document imaging, content management, records management, and automating business processes through workflow, cooperatives become more efficient, adhere to records retention requirements, eliminate document storage space requirements, adhere to disaster recovery planning and protect themselves from unnecessary litigation. The return on investment (ROI) is almost immediate after implementing .

About Document Imaging Solutions, Inc.
Document Imaging Solutions, Inc. (DIS), based in Dayton, Ohio, is an applications development and full-service systems integration company focused on providing high quality, cost-effective Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) and Automated Workflow solutions, system solution components, related professional services and scanning conversion services.

DIS provides custom solutions to a wide variety of vertical markets, including Aerospace, Manufacturing, Education, Consumer Products, Government, Power Utility, Retail and more. Customers include Ernst & Young, LLC, Avon Products, PPG Industries, DANA Corporation, Ohio Department of Insurance, and Sears, Roebuck & Co. More information about DIS and its customers is available at www.DISolutions.com or contact us at sales@DISolutions.com.

Contacts for this Press Release:

Victor Vlad
Document Imaging Solutions
a Vanguard Systems Company
330.758.8788
Vvlad@DISolutions.com