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TIME FOR A DMS HEALTH CHECK
• Using a consultant ensures the health check will
happen without being postponed, and that a full
report and recommendations will be delivered.
Someone is officially on the hook!
There are also advantages to conducting a health
check internally. Overall, unless administration of
the system is outsourced, a consultant should not
be needed to perform the health check. It is very
important for the administrators to understand and
remain in-tune with the information gathered. For
the administrator, the exercise of collecting this data
is educational and makes it come to life, creating a
deeper impact and likelihood of known issues being
addressed and unknown issues being prevented.
Another advantage is no external cost to the firm.
Finally, a health check can be an excellent training
tool and its resulting report useful documentation
for training new staff or conversing with upper
management or colleagues on DMS-related strategy,
purchasing and hiring decisions.
STRONG VITAL SIGNS
Performing a DMS health check will help ensure your
firm's valuable assets — its documents and other
records — are secure, organized and accessible.
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