{"id":2857,"date":"2009-07-08T12:29:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T16:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=2857"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:00:49","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:00:49","slug":"business-school-ramps-up-paperless-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2009\/07\/business-school-ramps-up-paperless-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Business school ramps up paperless initiative."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether the issue centers on reducing costs or dealing with increasing demand for limited storage space, the effort to create a paperless environment provides a solution. The College  of Business Administration embarked on such a path a number of years ago, and this year, <strong>Joyce Elam<\/strong>, executive dean of the business school, affirmed her commitment by making it an annual goal for <strong>Claudio Pico<\/strong> (EMST \u201905), director, finance and administration, and the initiative\u2019s sponsor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2858\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/shot1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2858\" title=\"shot1\" src=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/shot1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Gregory Gonzalez and Claudio Pico\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregory Gonzalez and Claudio Pico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Developed by Hyland Software, OnBase is a document imaging system that allows users to scan and retrieve documents electronically. It combines integrated document management and business process management in a single application.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect all 40+ units in the college to adopt OnBase to move us from paper to electronic records,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A number of the units have completed their work, which involves scanning all documents. Once items are scanned, the documents can be destroyed. Multiple backups, some off campus, ensure the safety of the files.<\/p>\n<p>The Chapman Graduate School is rolling out OnBase, under the supervision of <strong>Gregory  Gonzalez<\/strong> (PMBA \u201908), senior applications specialist, who is drawing upon his newly acquired Project Management Professional (PMP) credentials to guide the task.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach program in the Chapman  Graduate School has assigned a lead, who serves as the point of contact, enhancing communication with the other members of his or her team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>College identifies multiple savings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to Pico, the issue isn\u2019t just storage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are trying to avoid the cost of equipment and supplies, such as printers, ink, cartridges and paper,\u201d he said. \u201cFlorida International University (FIU) also has taken a step in this direction with its implementation of a new paperless financial system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is even a positive environmental impact. As more and more email signatures carry the reminder: \u201cPlease consider the environment before printing this email,\u201d a scanning system offers a good way to decrease paper consumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether the issue centers on reducing costs or dealing with increasing demand for limited storage space, the effort to create a paperless environment provides a solution. The College of Business Administration embarked on such a path a number of years ago, and this year, Joyce Elam, executive dean of the business school, affirmed her commitment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[388,452,775,827,1053,1405,2146,2148,2163,2170],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24036,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857\/revisions\/24036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}