- Jun 8, 2001
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One of my tasks as an intern for a small company is to evaluate document management systems for the company.
Background:
The company is something like a small (2-3 person) regional chamber of commerce. One of their functions is to gather data and distribute it as needed. This mainly consists of gathering existing data and manipulating it to suit client needs. Oftentimes there is overlap between projects, so it is not at all uncommon to grab pieces of data from older reports.
Currently there is one person that currently handles all information requests. This person is leaving in a few months and may or may not be replaced. She wants to make sure that the replacement or the existing staff is able to find the data needed. To do this she has a sort of spreadsheet of the ~80 existing (electronic) documents.
Note the 80 documents part. We are not talking about a large number of documents, so an enterprise-level system is unneeded. What they need is a document management system that will allow them to input the metadata for documents that will allow them to be easily retrievable through search/browse functions. No other features are needed.
Is anyone familiar with software that would do this that will not be more than say $500? (Windows based)
Background:
The company is something like a small (2-3 person) regional chamber of commerce. One of their functions is to gather data and distribute it as needed. This mainly consists of gathering existing data and manipulating it to suit client needs. Oftentimes there is overlap between projects, so it is not at all uncommon to grab pieces of data from older reports.
Currently there is one person that currently handles all information requests. This person is leaving in a few months and may or may not be replaced. She wants to make sure that the replacement or the existing staff is able to find the data needed. To do this she has a sort of spreadsheet of the ~80 existing (electronic) documents.
Note the 80 documents part. We are not talking about a large number of documents, so an enterprise-level system is unneeded. What they need is a document management system that will allow them to input the metadata for documents that will allow them to be easily retrievable through search/browse functions. No other features are needed.
Is anyone familiar with software that would do this that will not be more than say $500? (Windows based)