Every second German company already manages its receipts and documents digitally. The step away from the classic, proprietary solution to cloud-based application software is also progressing rapidly because cloud-based solutions such as the CATAMA ECM offer numerous advantages overall.
According to a recent study by the industry association bitkom , the percentage of medium-sized companies that manage their receipts exclusively digitally or cloud-based is approaching the 50% limit. A good 47% of German medium-sized companies already use digital solutions to manage and organize their receipts. This represents an increase of 14% compared to 2017.
The industry association surveyed the companies with regard to the use of an enterprise content management (ECM) solution. A software that enables the creation, editing and saving of content such as documents, images or videos. For its representative study " Digital Office in SMEs 2019 ", bitkom surveyed a total of 613 companies with 20 to 499 employees.
Medium-sized companies benefit massively from modern ECM solutions
The end of analogue paperwork offers companies numerous advantages. Modern ECM solutions from the cloud form the basis for the digitization of office and administration processes, says Nils Britze, Head of Digital Business Processes at bitkom.
SOURCE: https://www.bitkom.org/Presse/Presseinformation/Abschied-papier-Deutschlands-Mittelstand-digitaler
58 percent of companies now manage their documents in the cloud
As a result, the companies received "support in efficiently capturing, filing and retrieving documents, in handling document-based processes and in complying with legal requirements," says Britze. A full 58 percent of companies already manage their documents in the cloud - this corresponds to an increase of 9% compared to 2017. After 59% two years ago, however, only 44% of the German medium-sized companies surveyed still operate their ECM solutions in-house and rely on outsourcing.
This outsourcing offers an advantage in terms of data security, Bitkom continues. "The cloud - public and private - is usually much better protected by professional service providers than internal IT solutions," explained Britze. Cloud providers specialize in data storage, so the data is presumably better protected than in-house solutions.
