Why education institutions need to invest in content management solutions

To help alleviate the headaches of managing countless documents, education providers are increasingly turning to enterprise content management (ECM) solutions to help streamline processes and better manage digital files for bursars, business managers, and other administrative staff.

Why content management?

ECM systems can be incredibly beneficial to educational institutions. They’re an effective way to manage documents digitally while saving time and money across the organisation. Ultimately, investing in enterprise content management services will help streamline the way your education institution creates, manages, uses, and optimises content across its entire lifecycle.

Like most other industries, the education sector faces a number of major challenges that are contributing to an increasingly complex information management environment. These include the rapid rate of technology changes and increased security threats. Recent data shows the education sector in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) was the most targeted globally in July this year.¹

Educational institutions also face challenges surrounding changing compliance and governance needs, including re-registration.² Investing in secure ECM solutions will help you better manage and reduce the risks and costs of content management, especially as the volume of information that educators and back-office staff manage continues to multiply.

With the support of digital ECM solutions, your organisation can digitise its documents to more quickly realise cost savings and efficiencies. For example, ECMs can help you rapidly scan and convert printed documents to PDFs that can be uploaded to your website or attached to emails.

ECM solutions help save educational institutions valuable time and money while seamlessly governing and optimising the flow of information across the organisation, from start to finish.

There are several ECM features that your institution will benefit from:

• Collaboration: connect your employees, stakeholders, and customers, regardless of their location or position internally or externally to improve response times and quality of work 
• Document management: easily track documents and related data as well as implement workflows to increase productivity and reduce manual processes 
• Records management: know where your important information is at all times and secure your content in a controlled way to stay compliant with information management regulations
• Knowledge management: enhance team performance and client satisfaction with insights that improve responsiveness and performance
• Contract management: store all contracts in a central, digital space with easy access to tracked editing, automated sending for approvals, and up-to-date information on the contract lifecycle
• Mobility: safely and securely capture, manage, and print documents from different locations and devices
• Archiving: manage and maintain archived files for compliance and keep your information safe.

Investing in a proven ECM solution is an effective way to eliminate inefficiencies in your document management process and improve productivity, giving you and your administration staff back the time they need to focus on what really matters.

ECMs deliver a variety of benefits that let education institutions achieve a greater level of control over their content, documents, and data.

For more information on how Konica Minolta can help you streamline your document management with ECM solutions, contact the team today.

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