If anyone was in any way uncertain of 3D printing, they probably aren’t now. The world’s first gun made with 3D printer technology was made available on line and within hours its blueprints had been downloaded over 100,000 times. [Source: Forbes] The controversy and security surrounding the production of the 3D gun made by a [...]
Caroline McCormack
Caroline is an independant outsourcing consultant helping companies by reducing the risk and cost associated with outsourcing billing, payroll and printing. Passionate about providing the right solution for the customer first and foremost. Caroline loves blogging, writing and F1 Motor Racing. Connect with Caroline on google+
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Caroline is an independant outsourcing consultant helping companies by reducing the risk and cost associated with outsourcing billing, payroll and printing. Passionate about providing the right solution for the customer first and foremost. Caroline loves blogging, writing and F1 Motor Racing. Connect with Caroline on google+
Invoice processing – from paper to e-invoicing solutions
April 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Are you still printing and scanning PDF invoices from your suppliers? As of January 1st 2013 the European Union issued new legislation that states companies can now store invoices in the format they are sent. Having a document capture solution allows you to have invoices sent by email to a specific email address where data [...]
Secure print tracking software and why organisations need it.
January 21, 2013 By 1 Comment
Secure printing for any organisation is vitally important where sensitive information is concerned. Using secure print tracking software is essential in maintaining an organisations credibility. Any breaches of the Data Protection Act of 1998 can lead to fines issued by the ICO (Information Commissioners Office). Professional services companies and local government organisations are particularly susceptible [...]
The best of 2012. All you need to know about outsourcing in one place.
December 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
WARNING: THIS BLOG COMES WITH A HEALTH WARNING… IT’S A TAD LONG. BUT YOU’LL SEE WHY AT THE END. Here we are the last day of 2012 and what a year its been. It only seemed like yesterday that I sat at this very desk and typed my epilogue for 2011. The beginning of the [...]
How to survive 2013! Keeping ahead of the competition.
December 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With the growth of the economy in reverse mode and the Chancellor exclaiming that it’s going to take longer to recover from the financial crisis (although the national debt has reduced) companies will be striving to look at ways of streamlining their operations and improving efficiency. There’s an argument that suggests the more economically challenged [...]
Print Management solutions for Professional Service Companies.
December 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Recover costs, reduce waste by implementing a print management solution. Using an effective print management solution tailored specifically for professional services companies provides more than just cost recovery. Recovering client billable expenses using the appropriate print management software provides an audit trail of all your printing – capture, allocate and accurately bill for every applicable [...]
What is a digital mailroom?
December 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Organisations receive thousands of documents everyday in multiple formats – paper, fax, emails, PDF, XML (Extensible Markup Language) and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) resulting in disparate systems using manual processes with often high invisible costs. To first understand how a digital mailroom might benefit an organisation we need to know what it is or does? [...]
Invoice Scanning Solutions – reduce costs and automate the workflow
December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Invoice scanning solutions Invoice processing and scanning is one of the most effective applications suitable for scanning and OCR (optical character recognition) technology. As one of our customers pointed out to us recently “we use to process an invoice on average one every ten minutes we are now able to process ten invoices a minute. [...]
Great teamwork. What makes a good team great?
November 26, 2012 By 2 Comments
Great teamwork, resilience and hard work are some of the components needed to make a good team “Great”. For those of you who follow F1 Motor Racing yesterday’s Brazilian GP was nothing short of tantalising. If anyone says Formula 1 is boring then clearly they haven’t sat through a race like yesterday’s. The last four [...]
Payroll outsourcing for the SME!
November 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There are tangible benefits in outsourcing for the SME and I have talked about it here and here. Small businesses face constant challenges and are often looking for ways to streamline some of their processes and enable them to focus on their core business skills. Why Payroll Outsourcing? Payroll is of paramount importance to the smooth [...]