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87 The company needs to archive several hun- dred thousand documents every year. In the past, anyone who needed to look something up was faced with a time-consuming search. When they decided to switch their ERP system to SAP Business One, the decision was also made to find a new DMS system. Updating their previous system – in order to work with the planned integration into SAP Business One – would have been too expensive and only possible with the help of costly consultants. Together with their local DocuWare Partner Neffe Consulting GmbH & Co. KG, they de- veloped an interface for this purpose instead. According to Michael Schieben, Managing Di- rector at alfred rexroth, the interface “works very well and makes work much easier.” No invoice stays unprocessed In partnership with their systems house, the company first began using DocuWare in its accounting department and installed a work- flow ( https://t1p.de/50in ) fo r authorizing incoming invoices ( https://t1p.de/98iq ). In the past, invoices were sent around the company in circular files; it was often difficult to track where they were at any given time. Today, invoices are either scanned or auto- matically retrieved from the email inbox, in- dexed and archived in a central document pool. Ina subsequentworkflow, after an initial check, the accounting department assigns the docu- ments to various departments, where they are again verified. A built-in escalation process ensures that no invoice is left unattended. The workflowends as soon as a document is finally checked back into the accounting department and (if approved) automatically posted and archived. At alfred rexroth, not only are accounting docu- ments stored in the electronic document pool ( https://t1p.de/j92t ), bu t also all docu- ments that are generated in the various de- partments of the company: personnel records as well as quotes, order confirmations, deli- very slips, material test certificates, production support letters, standards and even blueprint drawings. Thanks to the interface to the ERP system ( https://t1p.de/cu93 ), ev ery- thing that needs to be filed is automatically indexed and stored in DocuWare. Employees do not have to actively take care of this. Paper documents are scanned and archived. Using the convenient full-text search, all authorized persons from across departments can access the documents. Customer immediately receives documentation with goods shipped This system has been particularly helpful for compiling all the extensive documentation that must be provided to a customer for each product manufactured. For this purpose, a workflow has been set up that starts as soon as a delivery slip for a finished product is printed out. As soon as an employee has checked and approved the file assembled by the workflow, it is automatically sent to the customer by email. In this way, the documen- tation is already on hand at a customer when the goods arrive with the delivery slip. Accord- ing to Michael Schieben, about 80 percent of the work in the documentation department is now automated. At the end of 2020, after about two years of using DocuWare ( https://t1p.de/l6di ), around five million documents had already been stored in their archive. Many require very long retention periods – 50 years for turbines, for example – which are easily met. Digitiza- tion will continue at alfred rexroth. They want to achieve completely paperless production within three years. Right at the production machines, for example, all setup plans will be available digitally, as well as all maintenance plans; correct adherence to all will be ensured by smart workflows. IT and Automotive Strong Partnership Leads to Success By Mechthilde Gruber, Freelancer, Munich alfred rexroth is a company with a long tradition in the metal industry. Based in Berlin, the company produces intricate parts for customers from a wide range of industries, but predominantly the medical and manufacturing plant engineering sectors. The documentation requirements are particularly high in this field. Images: © alfred rexroth S H A R E Michael Schieben, Managing Director of Berlin-based com- pany alfred rexroth, has automated elaborate documenta- tion and administrative processes with DocuWare. Thanks to DocuWare, Berlin-based metal supplier alfred rexroth automates around 80 percent of work in its documentation department. Online-Service DocuWare Customer Case Studies https://t1p.de/s9pv

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