The Dangers of Inaccurate Information
Whether you have gotten caught up in developments around recent reports of violence, political conflicts or airplane accidents, you know that the information you receive – from social media, from a news program or even from a friend – can be biased and inaccurate. And it rarely includes every pertinent detail. But that is the information we have – so sometimes we jump to conclusions and spread it as fact.
Molly Wells, former executive editor at CNET.com, discusses the issue poignantly in an article published four days after the tragedy at the Boston Marathon. “If speed is the currency of the modern information era,” Wells says, “misinformation is the increasingly high cost.”
4 ways capture helps ensure complete and accurate information
How do you ensure the information your employees are using to make critical business decisions is accurate and complete? You capture the most up-to-date documents and information and make it all instantly accessible in a central secure location.
1. Capture from electronic and physical storage
Scan and import any document type – including paper documents, PDFs, email correspondences and even engineering drawings, just to name a few.
2. Capture from remote offices
Centralize documents (and information) you receive at remote locations, instantly giving staff at any office access to them.
3. Capture while on the go
Using your mobile device, you can take images of documents or complete electronic forms and, from the road, upload them to a central location.
4. Capture accurate information directly from your documents
Advanced capture solutions automatically extract information from those business documents, validate it against other systems and databases and then update all your systems instantly.
It’s a scary world out there – so much inaccurate information quickly being accepted as fact. But you don’t have to be afraid. If speed is the currency of the modern information era, there are tools out there to help you capitalize on that and allow you to turn it into a competitive advantage. Just remember one word: Capture.
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