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Donation to the SANParks Honorary Rangers

The Document Warehouse donated files and filing accessories to the SANParks Honorary Rangers K9 Unit Anti-Rhino poaching programme made on 20th July 2018. SANParks Honorary Rangers is a volunteer organisation which provides support, in the form of funds and services, to the South African National Parks. The Document Warehouse has specifically requested that the donated […]

A day in the life of an important document

Many people underestimate the importance of records within a business. Document management is often taken for granted. It is, however, important to understand how many stages are involved in the creation and maintenance of agreements, files, forms and instructions to personnel.  So let’s take a peek at the phases a document can go through – […]

Organisational memory loss – what are the real costs?

Not many organisations understand the full costs associated with employee turnover. In fact, the price of organisational memory loss (OML) due to staff departing, can be equivalent to anywhere from one month, to several years’, salary of an employee. And so, it’s essential for a company to try and mitigate such losses – but how? […]

Does your Document Management Systems measure up?

Every company may have a document management system but not every system is effective. Some companies, that started long before the introduction of the technological marvel called a computer, actually have a multitude of manual systems. There are the documents that were created after the computer arrived, meaning that these are on a hard drive somewhere. […]

Importance of a document management system for your business

Importance of a document management system for your business

It’s essential for a company to ensure the best utilisation of resources such as money, time and space, in order to work as efficiently as possible. Not only is effective document management important from a practical perspective, legal implications also need to be considered. All digital documents should ideally be archived in a way that […]

Why is scanning your business documents so important?

Paperwork stacks up pretty quickly in a business, even companies with relatively small administrative functions will find paperwork such as employee documentation and receipts piling up fast. Before the age of computers, entire rooms were needed for document storage. Luckily those days are long gone – we now have access to storage solutions such as […]

Tips on How to Keep your Business’ Documents Safe

Communication is a vitally important aspect of every business. Fortunately, with the continual advancement of modern technology, communication is possible via an ever-changing array of amazing formats, from video conferences to instant messaging. Certain forms of communication, however, still require good old-fashioned document storage. Because paper documents can contain critically important, sensitive and sometimes ‘secret’ […]

Why is complete document destruction so important?

Companies often overlook the importance of document destruction until things go wrong.  Just tearing up a document is not good enough when it comes to destroying confidential or sensitive information.  The reason why important documents need to be disposed of properly is to curb the potential for white collar crime. Each document goes from creation […]