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Epson WorkForce DS-510 Sheetfed Scanner
Epson WorkForce DS-510 Sheetfed Scanner

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By Roman H. Kepczyk
Quantum of Paperless 

One of the keys to optimizing accounting firm production processes is capturing information at its “root” source – the moment data enters your firm, regardless of the format – mail, fax, email or on a flash drive.

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Ideally, documents would be delivered already in a digital format such as email attachments or preferably through a portal, but the reality today is that a significant portion of accounting firm source documents arrive from clients in a physical paper format. Your firm will need to develop processes to efficiently scan, name and store these documents.