What Added Value does ArcFlow Offer compared with Other Systems?

First and foremost ArcFlow stands right out against other systems through being extremely easy to use. A large number of processes run fully automatically, thus reducing manual effort to an absolute minimum. Experience has shown that users need around half a day to familiarise themselves with the document management system to then be able to use it to the full. On the other hand, ArcFlow distinguishes itself from other DMS systems in that it can be quickly and easily integrated into any existing IT infrastructure due to the numerous interfaces it provides. No further programming effort is required. ERP and CRM solutions, for example, can be effortlessly linked to ArcFlow, thus allowing complete transfer of all the documents over to the DMS. By utilising the open API (Application Programming Interface) users can address ArcFlow’s complete functionality using various programming languages. This also means that DMS functions can be provided to external systems, too – for example, the document search function can be directly integrated into an ERP system.

Other unique technical features include the printer drivers, allowing printed documents to be simultaneously filed to ArcFlow as either PDF or TIFF files, as well as the indexing tool which completely indexes all the documents automatically. The search facility – fast at all times despite the ever-increasing data volume (like an Internet search engine) – also puts ArcFlow a cut above all the other document management systems. In addition to this, a high availability solution has also been integrated into ArcFlow – a hot standby server which constantly manages and maintains all the current document database versions, keeping them consistent and immediately taking over all the tasks should the primary system fail.