“Navigating the New Normal,” UNAWA’s series of free webinars helping small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners with the new realities brought about by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), has addressed various aspects of business continuity in its past four webinars. One consistent recommendation brought up by our panelists is the need for businesses to go digital, with the remote working and social distancing environment benefiting from purely digital processes.
The pandemic has changed how most businesses operate. The global dilemma has led us to pivot towards a more digital approach to things. While it is an assurance of an improved business process, it is difficult. There is a dire need to adapt, therefore, a digital transformation is now a need to be able to survive.
Companies have been doing their own digital transformations over the years. The only difference now is that digitization is no longer a trend, but a necessity. Businesses are forced to do it to stay afloat and ensure their success.
The idea of becoming paperless calls for doing away with all paper in the workplace, at home, and in schools. This is accomplished through digitization, which involves transforming documents and other objects into digital form. Going "paperless," according to proponents, can save costs, increase output, free up storage space, facilitate information sharing and documentation, maintain the security of personal data, and benefit the environment. The idea can also be used for communications outside of the workplace. Even though paper usage has declined, it is still widely used, and few businesses are paperless.
Document management is the process of storing, managing, and tracking electronic documents and electronic images of paper-based information acquired through a document scanner. This process is frequently referred to as Document Management Systems or DMS.
