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e study: A D Associates
A D Associates is an independent Financial Adviser company.
It compared the efficiency of Volume against their previous document
management software provider
Company overview A D Associates is an Independent Financial Adviser company.
Director. Alex Docherty says, “We had ongoing problems with our
Independent financial adviser previus document management software supplier. The technical
Based in Glasgow, Scotland issues were multiplying and we were not getting any help from
our supplier. On recommendation we tried Volume from Watermark
Objective of the test Technologies Limited on a 30 day trial basis.”
To compare the speed and efficiency of Alex continues, “What was really impressive, particularly after all
Volume versus alternative DMS for: the installation problems we’d had trying to set up our previous
DMS software, was the ease with which Volume was set up
Speed of scanning and filing remotely. It was a no fuss, clean installation with no manual
Speed of processing Word and other intervention needed to get it to work.”
Microsoft Office documents
OCR search results We would have no hesitation in
recommending Volume for whatever
Display filed documents profession or business you may be in.
Results of the test Alex decided to do a comparison of the systems and set up an
identical computers, one with their DMS software and one with
Volume consistently faster in scanning Volume. This allowed for a direct and unbiased comparison
by a factor of 3+. between the 2 document management programs. The aim was to
Volume processing time 3 times faster. measure speed, reliability and ease of use. The features of both
Volume’s OCR improved recognition of systems were compared including: simple filing of letters and scans;
poorer quality document scans with faster document display times; searches; 1st integration (AD Associates
search and display times. back-office system); and ease of use.
Volume document display 6 times faster.
According to Alex the results were both surprising and unequivocal,
“Since we installed Volume across our whole system, we have had
no downtime whatsoever. No crashes, no missing documents.
Staff have found it so easy to use that they use it at every
opportunity. From the outset the set up was fuss free, and there
was no disruption to staff. Within an hour’s worth of training staff
were setting up new client files and displaying documents.
We didn’t have to figure our, ”how do we?” it was obvious from
the start.”
t: 01274 535 090 e: enquiries@watermarktech.co.uk w:watermarktech.co.uk The document management company
Watermark Technologies Ltd, 5 Quayside House, Salts Mill Road, Shipley, BD18 3ST
A D Associates is an independent Financial Adviser company.
It compared the efficiency of Volume against their previous document
management software provider
Company overview A D Associates is an Independent Financial Adviser company.
Director. Alex Docherty says, “We had ongoing problems with our
Independent financial adviser previus document management software supplier. The technical
Based in Glasgow, Scotland issues were multiplying and we were not getting any help from
our supplier. On recommendation we tried Volume from Watermark
Objective of the test Technologies Limited on a 30 day trial basis.”
To compare the speed and efficiency of Alex continues, “What was really impressive, particularly after all
Volume versus alternative DMS for: the installation problems we’d had trying to set up our previous
DMS software, was the ease with which Volume was set up
Speed of scanning and filing remotely. It was a no fuss, clean installation with no manual
Speed of processing Word and other intervention needed to get it to work.”
Microsoft Office documents
OCR search results We would have no hesitation in
recommending Volume for whatever
Display filed documents profession or business you may be in.
Results of the test Alex decided to do a comparison of the systems and set up an
identical computers, one with their DMS software and one with
Volume consistently faster in scanning Volume. This allowed for a direct and unbiased comparison
by a factor of 3+. between the 2 document management programs. The aim was to
Volume processing time 3 times faster. measure speed, reliability and ease of use. The features of both
Volume’s OCR improved recognition of systems were compared including: simple filing of letters and scans;
poorer quality document scans with faster document display times; searches; 1st integration (AD Associates
search and display times. back-office system); and ease of use.
Volume document display 6 times faster.
According to Alex the results were both surprising and unequivocal,
“Since we installed Volume across our whole system, we have had
no downtime whatsoever. No crashes, no missing documents.
Staff have found it so easy to use that they use it at every
opportunity. From the outset the set up was fuss free, and there
was no disruption to staff. Within an hour’s worth of training staff
were setting up new client files and displaying documents.
We didn’t have to figure our, ”how do we?” it was obvious from
the start.”
t: 01274 535 090 e: enquiries@watermarktech.co.uk w:watermarktech.co.uk The document management company
Watermark Technologies Ltd, 5 Quayside House, Salts Mill Road, Shipley, BD18 3ST
