Lifecycle management
All products, services or projects offered by a company comprise several phases: These reach from the design phase through sales to the eventual ongoing care of the customer. Additional service and support is usually also available through business and company processes. This product and services lifecycle is always accompanied and documented by a large number of records. These are documents and information objects that record and control each phase of the business process. In this respect, document lifecycle management has a decisive role to play.
Nowadays, all companies are under pressure to make their process chains as efficient and consistent as possible, throughout all departments. Information content has to be made available in full to all areas. Without corresponding digital solutions, however, this is usually only achievable to a limited and insufficient extent. All too often there are gaps in the information, and significant interface problems that prevent or hinder efficient processes.
Typical causes are the use of inefficient information media such as paper, different software packages used in different departments and knowledge that is isolated in groups and individuals.
The ELO product family is one of the few solutions available that is able to replicate the company's entire document lifecycle chain. It possesses mature and highly capable components that can be assembled like building blocks to form an overall solution for your company.
Technology overview:
1. ELO Digital integrates many different CAD systems. Construction plans are integrated and can then be managed with ELO's own workflow system.
2. The ELO Digital system provides powerful interfaces to all major software solutions such as SAP and the Office suite of programs, providing a common respository for all information content.
3. ELO Digital processes electronic and paper-based documents automatically and intelligently, extracting information content and passing it on to downstream process chains.
4. ELO Digital provides a powerful archive and content server for long-term, version-secure storage of massive amounts of data.
5. ELO Digital enables knowledge-based preparation of data and documents. It makes knowledge and information available (e.g. through powerful search and visualization tools).
6. ELO Digital can be used to help publish information content on the web, through mobile components and independent CD and DVD archives.
These components allow you to replicate the entire lifecycle from product design through production and sales to after-sales service.
Our specialist consultants would welcome the chance to support and advise you in designing a consistent document lifecycle solution for your company. They can provide a solution that will save you money while accelerating business processes and improving quality. That is a sure way to optimize the success of your business.