BuyerZone users' document management software requirements

We ask users of our quote request service to describe their document management software purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.

We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of document management software other users are choosing and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.

BuyerZone user comments: document management software purchasing requirements

"I am creating a series of operational manuals for use by our employees and possibly for future skin care clinics as we expand. I just need to manage content for manuals; table of contents, individual word and excel documents, change control, etc. Very simple software is all I am looking for."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Health Care, Denver, CO

"Need to improve our doc mgmt process. Want to be able to easily store, retrieve, backup, restore and keep versions of all internal documents."
-- CIO, Education, Westport, CT

"We need a basic document control system that allows for an approval workflow, captures what changes are made, and allows version control to international users."
-- Consultant, Consulting, Lake Charles, LA

"I have 200,000 pages of old files i need scanned asap."
-- Office Manager, Financial Services, Norwalk, CA

"We are looking for a web-based core document management system that allows us to add files with metadata (author, doc name, comments, etc.), user roles and user permissions, check-in and check-out, versioning. We would also like it to be modular and allow us to add functionality in the furete."
-- MIS/IT, Biotech/Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA

"We are looking to transition from our existing document storage system, we currently have large document storage needs."
-- Buyer, Health Care, Pasadena, CA

"Want to create an electronic filing cabinet with ability to sticky and mark up, ie, annotate electronic paper. Need to do this across multiple formats, especially pdf and pcx."
-- Manufacturing, Other Business Services, Homer, AK

"Pediatric Rehabilitation Center. We provide PT, OT, and ST services. I need a better and more efficient way for our therapists to document and complete evaluations, re-evaluations, and progress notes. I would like a system to prompt them through them in their documentation of patient care. I would like a system that allows them to point with select from a drop down menu."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Brownsville, TX

"This is a fairly straightforward situation. We have about a dozen consultants who are developing several different key documents, and the file server approach has proven to be ineffective."
-- General Manager, Education, Malvern, PA

"Accounting firm needs document management and version control software for client documents."
-- Buyer, Computers - Software, Purcellville, VA

"We are a growing manufacturing company which needs remote access to all documentation for multiple locations."
-- Accounting/Finance, Manufacturing, Brenham, TX

"We need to store scanned images on our production servers. The documents should be accessible via an application server like Weblogic server."
-- MIS/IT, Information Services, Marietta, GA

"Accounting service business would like to manage files electronically instead of in file cabinets."
-- Accounting/Finance, Financial Services, Washington, NJ

"Create and maintain document management filing system using KODAK i1320 dcanner."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Financial Services, Jensen Beach, FL

"Scan Client documents to store, secure, retrieve, and work from."
-- Accounting/Finance, Financial Services, Vista, CA

"Just looking to move toward paperless office so multiple people will have access to the same information without going to get the physical file."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Fort Bragg, CA

"Centralized location for programs, project management, document library, document management. Contractor and outside vendor access. Bar code invenetory control."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Newton Center, MA

"Store and retrieve documents. Both for internal users and also for customemrs on a limited basis."
-- MIS/IT, Manufacturing, Milpitas, CA

"We are a small start up not-for-profit company working on a large project with the government. I need a doc control system that is basic and easy to use but also works with other doc controls systems being used in the industry."
-- Administrative Assistant, Non-Profit, Houston, TX

"We have 4 TB of data currently on SANS units. We are looking for a paperless solution to be able to manage our current files and all paper we will be scanning in."
-- MIS/IT, Consulting, Orlando, FL

"Document managementsearch files with key wordstrack the same file with different versions."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Consulting, Bethesda, MD

"Use a template to document a specific medical procedure.I want to print a copy of each procedure for the medical chart. I want to be able to retrive each document by patient's name or date of the procedure."
-- Buyer, Health Care, Las Vegas, NV

"Small growing real estate company that needs a doc management system for contracts and reservations. Still weighing the pros and cons of hosted solutions. We can host internally using SQL server though currently we are not using SQL server. "
-- CIO, Real Estate, Burlington, NJ

"Document naming conventions, organization, revision control. Mainly engineering drawings and project management documents."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Other Business Services, Charlotte, NC

"Imaging documents at remote facilities and storing in a central location."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Birmingham, AL

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