Today the managing of your business is even more critical than it was just a few years ago. With the introduction of web based services and web based information management, competition is even greater. Interaction and control over internal processes may have become an integral part of managing your business. IDS Virtual Depot views this process as an absolutely essential step in the development of productive and effective Document Management, Collaboration, and Workflow systems. IDS Edge™, EdgeVault™ and Edge Workflow™ products provide you with the ability to manage your valuable business information, secure your documents, track your business process, and make the best use of your customer and business information by applying and automating those rules which apply to your business.

To validate these processes and rules IDS Virtual Depot offers Business Process Management Study Services as a pre-installation and project definition process. This documents the flow of your business while defining the steps needed to implement a realistic and effective process.

Benefits of using IDS Virtual Depot Workflow and Information Management services:
• Actual confirmation of the business process
• A better understanding of information flow
• The ability to establish true rule-based processes
• Identification of inefficient use of resources
• The establishment of process status reporting
• The ability to identify bottlenecks in the process through visual tracking
• Better response to customer and management needs
• Better overall process management through email alerts, noticing, and automatic and manual task reassignment capabilities
• The ability to have managed coterminous processes
• Automated approvals and business processing based on user initiated predefined responses

The cost that can be saved through the proper and effective application of a Business Process Study is quite often substantial when compared to the replacement or redesign of ineffective systems. Quite often the initial steps in establishing an effective system are rushed and not properly evaluated.