what is document management
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Document management, often referred to as Document Management Systems (DMS), is the use of a computer system and software to store, manage and track electronic documents and electronic images of paper based information captured through the use of a document scanner.
Document management is how your organization stores, manages and tracks its electronic documents.
According to ISO 12651-2, a document is "recorded information or object which can be treated as a unit". While this sounds a little complicated, it is quite simply what you have been using to create, distribute and use for years.
Now, we can define document management as the software that controls and organizes documents throughout an organization. It incorporates document and content capture, workflow, document repositories, COLD/ERM, and output systems, and information retrieval systems. Also, the processes used to track, store and control documents.
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- a document management system (DMS) is the system ( based on computer programs in the case of the management of the digital documents) used to track, manage and store documents and reduce paper.
- most are capable of keeping record of the various versions created and modified by different users (history tracking).
- the term has some overlap with the concept