Document Management Services

Companies today are confronted on ever increasing amount of documents and are expected to manage them with little or no additional resources for capital expenditures, software or staffing. The need to automate processes and eliminate paper has never been more pressing. Companies are recognizing the potential of automation to reduce costs and improve management. Additionally, they know that the transition from manual and expensive paper-based processes to more efficient processing can be achieved only if they take first step of automation, the elimination of paper from the process. API Document Management Services provides customers access to advanced technologies which provides security, improve process efficiencies and reduce costs without the need to making large capital investments or the requirement of internal technical resources. Additionally, companies' current fixed costs for document management are converted into variable costs through API's transactional pricing. API's ability to leverage itstechnology investments, process efficiencies, and managed labor pool enables API to offer services which result in high ROIs and level of service for customers. API's Document Management Services have been developed based on its expertise and deep industry experience to meet the needs of customers, whether they are still on a paper based process or embarked on the transition to an automated process.

These document management services include:

• Scanning and Data Capture
• DocArchive
• Archive Link

Individual services can be selectively implemented or combined together either at time of initial implementation or a later time to achieve even higher levels of automation and to derive even greater cost savings and benefits. All documents whether they be in paper form, emails, faxes or EDI are converted into a common consistent PDF format, thus driving the transformation of disparate systems and processes into centralized system which can be streamlined and optimized.
Services are fitted to customers based on their adoption readiness, comfort and financial considerations. These services in combination with ouraccounts payable and billing processes provide customers with a breadth of offering which is second to none (Ranked #1 in Service Breadth in the The Black Book of Outsourcing). Our document management services aid in our customer's success by:

• Reducing storage and handling costs
• Streamlining and improving processes
• Safeguarding documents and information
• Increasing the availability of documents and availability
• Improving visibility and controls

API's team is responsive, dedicated, and highly trained to deliver customer satisfaction. API employs Six Sigma practices to ensure high-quality, consistent service and our annual SAS 70 Type II Audit provides customers with the assurance that API's operations controls are in place to provide customers with dependable service.