Gowers has set up a file structure per client with a variety of sub folders which staff now scan documents to automatically at a touch of a button. From business and ID cards to documents 863mm (34 inches) long, practically anything can be digitised by the i1220 Plus. The aluminium paper pass, however, means reliability of the new scanner solution is second to none – perfect given the range of documents which are scanned.
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If you’ve got lots of destroyers – different bits of hardware and software integrated together using Windows – if one fails, your whole practice doesn’t. Green says, “If you’ve got one battleship and it sinks, you’ve got a problem. Ideal for office environments where space is at a premium, its ergonomic design offers a unique tilt-and-scan design which allows operators to choose the best physical position based on their scanning needs. The duplex Kodak i1220 Plus scanner solution deployed can cope with 45 pages per minute or up to 3,000 pages per day – 50% faster than previous models. In the end, Great Benefit provided a test unit so Gowers could see how simple a workgroup scanner solution is to use and how it could be implemented without any overhead to staff or the business. We like to be in control and using some solutions – I knew – would be costly, require a steep learning curve and, most importantly a major reworking of how we do things and run the office. Green explains, “Frankly, we had resisted going paperless even though various companies have cold called us to suggest a variety of systems. The solution was sold in June 2010 by Kodak reseller, Great Benefit Limited, who provides IT systems and support to Gowers and has long championed that it install a scanning solution. We just couldn’t justify the fixed costs associated with storage any longer, so there was a very clear business case to digitise documents.” Having reviewed our office space requirements, we could see that moving forward, we’d need an unfeasibly large storage space for current and archived records.
With a staff of twelve, it represents individuals, owner-managed businesses, right up to international companies and subsidiaries, and businesses with revenues over £20 million.ĭavid Green, Gowers’ managing director, says, “We added about 70 new clients last year. It expects to save £25k per annum on space and stationary as a result.īased in Kings Langley, Gowers provides clients a range of services from accounting, tax and auditing, as well business development and strategic financial planning. Kodak (NYSE:EK) today announced that Gowers Limited, a Hertfordshire-based firm of chartered accountants, has selected a Kodak i1220 Plus scanner solution to improve organisational efficiency by removing the ever-growing mounds of paper associated with an accountancy business growing steadily year on year. July 2010 - £25k per annum saved on storage and stationary through scanning Simple and quick deployment, with no staff training required