The concepts of scanning and capture are not new, as most organizations continue to work to reduce the amount of paper they process. But scanning documents is only the first step towards creating processes with a multitude of business benefits. By automatically capturing, validating and interpreting data from scanned documents, organizations can eliminate the need for costly process steps, to ultimately

• Improve compliance and accuracy of information
• Increase productivity and customer satisfaction
• Improve the bottom line

By complementing existing investments in enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, ERPs and other systems, capture can eliminate manual process and provide a solid return on investment (ROI).