Paperless Environments: Eliminating ‘Roadblocks’ in Document Imaging, Content Management and Work

Gone are the days when the ‘old’ superintendent claimed, “I don’t need any of that technology to get my job done. All I need is my hammer.” With the broad availability of Wi-Fi and internet connectivity in the field, technology has spread from weekly cost reports being distributed by the accounting department, to up-to-the-minute input of job progress, employee time, and equipment usage. “CIOs have to take on the challenge of not just making sure that the backup of the accounting system database is completed, but also tackle the daunting task of ‘pushing’ the data out from the central office to the field, where it is needed, and gather the information back from the field, in real-time, to feed the ‘information monster’ that the ERP systems have become,” affirms Seth Dawson, CEO and President, Paperless Environments. By providing several document portal products and mobile apps that allow construction field personnel to have instant access to their “back office” documents, Paperless Environments is making the tasks of CIOs as well as the superintendents easier and is bringing-in greater co-ordination in their roles in the industry.

Headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA, Paperless Environments provides its clients with the “easiest” workflows for their enterprise documents, so that their employees don’t have to spend expensive time trying to “figure out” how to route documents to get the answers they need in a timely manner. The company also makes it simpler to see the location of the document in the routing process, so that action can be taken if the document has reached a “roadblock”. APFlow (Accounts Payable workflow system), one of the core offerings of the firm, not only allows clients to enter, code, route, and approve their invoices in the least amount of time, but also helps customers to maximize the discounts that they can take, pay their vendors and subcontractors on time, in the end getting the best service and pricing from their happy vendors.