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 wouldl like to upload out website docs to a ftp site."
-- MIS/IT, Education, Atco, NJ

"I am starting a single proprietor engineering consulting firm. From day one I want all my calculation/project records to be electronically stored so that I don't have to have file cabinets and rolls of drawings accumulating for the rest of my life."
-- Partner/Principal, Consulting, Owasso, OK

"Streamline an accounting firm to paperless work from a very paper based system. Tax primarily."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Financial Services, San Rafael, CA

"Keep electronic records so that we do not have to store paper charts. print as needed to give copies as neccesary for court, etc but otherwise just keep charts electronically."
-- Partner/Principal, Health Care, Arden, NC

"Secure document repository for check in/check out of files (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), version control, file storage."
-- Sales/Business Development, Consulting, Round Rock, TX

"Manage architectural drawings, and only grants valid users with the correct password to enter to print these off and view them."
-- Facilities/Operations, Construction/General Contracting, Troutman, NC

"The document management system will be utilized for the following: To allow users to have several versions of working documents, have a legend/legacy of document history, create a tickler system as well as protect the integrity of each document."
-- Administrative Assistant, Legal, Brooklyn, NY

"To upload and download files to and from our website. full document packages."
-- Consultant, Financial Services, Kenosha, WI

"Exchange of large files that can not be sent via email."
-- Buyer, Consulting, Lowell, MA

"-Conversion of paper to PDF Files via scanner-filing of PDF's into proper files-indexing of all pdf's for searching and location."
-- Facilities/Operations, Other Business Services, Fredericksburg, VA

"We need to be able to send and recieve large CAD files."
-- Creative Design/Writing/Production, Construction/General Contracting, Hadlock, WA

"We will need to file about 1500 pages a day. It is a medical manufacturing application, so retrevil is important."
-- Buyer, Manufacturing, Detroit, MI

"Sole user in small investment office. Looking for affordable, basic system."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Financial Services, Charlottesville, VA

"School work to transfer files and save filesfor school work"
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Corvallis, OR

"Simple document management in place of windows explorere and folder names."
-- Consultant, Information Services, Philadelphia, PA

"Most accessible value based scalable web hosted solution for all document formats."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Health Care, Greensboro, GA

"We develop manuals that are individually developed for each workshop. We keep master copies of each page/section and need to pull whatever pages are required. Developers normally submit edits to pages via hard copy, then the editors change the master electronic copies. We need to simplify our process and ensure that all changes go to the correct document. We need a change log to show who made what change and when. Currently, we have a manual system and chaos reigns."
-- Facilities/Operations, Non-Profit, Phoenix, AZ

"I have the need to standarized some customers on a document management system that can support 1 or 2 people at a time."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Information Services, Lake Mary, FL

"Engineering drawings, letters, pdf, reports, purchase orders and more need to be filed and aaccessed."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Cape Canaveral, FL

"Manage and archive our system of purchase orders issued to suppliers."
-- Buyer, Manufacturing, Union, MO

"Basically to transfer files to our designers so they can upload them to our actual website."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Media/Entertainment/Publishing, Lithonia, GA

"Need an ASP solution that includes storage and hosting that allows multiple users to log-in and search (boolean/key word) the documents in the system and see a simple results page that allows the user to click on a link to see the actual document. Also need a custom admin interface to allow us to upload documents on an ongoing basis."
-- Partner/Principal, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Washington, DC

"Resize photos for uploading to EBSQ--an artist's online resource. I want to print COAs (Certificates Of Authenticity) for clients who buy my artwork."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Greensburg, PA

"Basically Ormet Circuits is a small start up that develops and manufactures high performance chemicals and materials for the solar cell, circuit board, and semiconductor assembly indusries.We have a number of documents accross different categories (i.e. equipment procedures, product formulations, testing procedures, safety procedures, etc) that we would like to have stored on central database with revision and access control. Our intention is to seek ISO9001 certification in the upcoming year."
-- Facilities/Operations, Manufacturing, San Diego, CA

"The use of an EDMS will be to manage documents for all aspects of document and data management especially for electronic storage and records management, search and retrieval capabilities, automated numbering control and workflow / electronic multiple funtion mark-up capabilities. Easy customization without addiotional developer costs is highly desired."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Houston, TX

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