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Consolidated Electric Cooperative, Inc. selects Document Imaging Solutions, Inc. as their Electronic Document Management and Workflow Provider

DAYTON, Ohio (May 31, 2002): Consolidated Electric Cooperative, Inc. selects Document Imaging Solutions, Inc., headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, to install an enterprise-wide Electronic Document Management System (EDMS), COLD/ERM and electronic workflow solution at their Mt. Gilead, Ohio location.

Document Imaging Solutions, Inc. (DIS) is replacing Consolidated Electric’s current proprietary document management application with an open architecture EDMS solution that will improve business process cycle times and productivity for all their information users.

Consolidated Electric needed to upgrade their current document management application to provide COLD/ERM, Workflow, and seamless integration with existing systems. After evaluating two possible solutions, Brent Dobben, Information Technology Supervisor, Consolidated Electric, found DIS not only met, but exceeded all their requirements.

“We need the ability to write and retrieve electronic reports to/from long term storage, provide electronic routing of documents for approval and electronic workflow. And, the final solution has to be customizable and integrate with our current systems,” said Brent Dobben.

, open architecture workflow software, will provide Consolidated Electric with all the functionality they need today plus the tools for continuous electronic workflow improvements in the future. “The other choice, the upgrade version of the old system, was an off-the-shelf, proprietary solution that wasn’t customizable, wouldn’t give us the all functionality we need and didn’t integrate with our current systems”, said Brent Dobben.

Because Consolidated Electric’s current document management application had a proprietary database and uses a proprietary image format, Brent Dobben added an extra challenge -- implement a seamless conversion from the old system to the new solution.

DIS met the challenge. “We’re going to convert Consolidated Electric’s proprietary data and images to a universal format and install our solution with the added capabilities of COLD/ERM, EDMS and electronic workflow for nearly the same cost of the upgrade version of the old system”, said Janine King, Manager, National Accounts, DIS.

DIS expects to complete the installation, from the initial analysis of Consolidated Electric’s current systems to final installation, testing and training, in eight weeks.

About Consolidated Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Consolidated Electric provides electric services to more than 14,000 homes and businesses in Delaware, Franklin, Knox, Licking, Marion, Morrow, Richland and Union counties, and has offices in Delaware and Mt. Gilead. The Co-op also owns and operates four other subsidiary companies: Bright Choice, Inc. (Internet service), Bright Energy, Inc. (natural gas service), Consolidated Gas Cooperative (propane service) and Levering Brothers Plumbing, Heating & Electrical, Inc. Consolidated Electric is a Touchstone Energy Cooperative.

About Document Imaging Solutions, Inc.
Document Imaging Solutions, Inc. (DIS), based in Dayton, Ohio, is a privately held 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. More information about DIS 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