Ascent
Ricochet Everyone knows how to
use a Web browser and an office copier. Now, Ascent
Ricochet, the latest browser-based extension of Ascent
Capture, enables any knowledge worker to employ these
simple tools to initiate production document workflow
for the important document packages they help create.
Your CFO will love it. Because he can empower every
desktop without buying more production document scanners
and hiring extra trained operators. Even your IT staff
will appreciate it. Because they can deploy, administer,
and support Ascent Ricochet globally from a single
administrator's remote desktop.
Empowers
Content Experts No one knows more about
a document than the people who created it or who work
closely with the information it contains. Thus, they are
the best qualified to index it for later retrieval and
processing. Ascent Ricochet empowers these content
experts to initiate this workflow faster and more
accurately than ever before.
No Delays, No
Lost Documents, No Additional Investment No longer must
companies ship documents to a central location for
scanning, indexing and workflow insertion. That can add
days to transaction processing, compromise security of
sensitive information and even cause the loss of more
than one out of every four documents.
Some
companies have installed distributed document capture
operations to address these issues. Distributed capture
can shorten the transaction processing cycle by days,
improve security and dramatically reduce document
losses. But traditional distributed capture requires
investment in scanners, capture software and specially
trained personnel for each office where capture will
occur. This can still be an effective choice when a
substantial volume of documents must be captured at each
office.
However, when volumes are small but captured documents
must still enter a designated workflow, Ascent Ricochet
may be the best choice. It enables the knowledge worker
to initiate this workflow using their desktop Web
browser and the nearest digital copier or multifunction
peripheral (MFP). And Ricochet amplifies the benefits of
distributed capture: Workflow can be triggered in
minutes versus hours (or days for centrally scanned
documents), and pre-indexing by the content expert —
rather than a scanning specialist — results in more
accurate classification of mission-critical documents.
Take financial services. A branch officer helps a
customer complete the forms required to apply for a
loan. The branch officer is the content expert for that
loan package and is best-qualified to enter a few key
index values and launch the remainder of the loan
origination workflow. Extend that capability across the
enterprise and that institution can approve and close
loans faster than a competitor.
As Simple as
Surfing the Web. As Familiar as Using a Copier. On the user side,
Ascent Ricochet is a Java application that
presents itself to the user through a familiar Web
browser interface. Installation is a simple, one-time
download. A desktop icon launches it.
Using it is just as easy. Simply walk your document to
the nearest networked copier, select your name from the
list in the copier display, place the document in the
feeder and press a single button. When you return to
your desk, launch Ascent Ricochet and it will display
icons of the document pages you just scanned. Then
select a document package type from the pull-down list
and fill in the associated index fields that appear.
Zoom the icons to confirm image quality, rotate them or
select some or all for inclusion in your document
package. Need to attach an e-doc -- say a spreadsheet --
to your package? No problem. Ascent Ricochet supports
electronic attachments.
Click send and that's it. The user doesn't need to know
anything about the terminology or procedures of
production document capture. Instead, technology behind
the scenes recognizes the document type, automatically
creates additional indexing information and releases the
document to the proper workflow within the organization.
Within minutes, any authorized person may access or
modify the document.
No Software
Installation Or Upgrade Hassles Organizations can enjoy
these benefits without the cost and hassle of desktop
software installations from CD, without hardware
licensing keys and without purchasing additional
products for the designated offices. Administrators
simply supply a Web address where users can go to
download the product. Once downloaded, each remote
location can use its existing digital copier or MFP as
the input device for their organization's document
workflow needs.
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Some
companies have installed distributed document capture
operations to address these issues. Distributed capture
can shorten the transaction processing cycle by days,
improve security and dramatically reduce document
losses. But traditional distributed capture requires
investment in scanners, capture software and specially
trained personnel for each office where capture will
occur. This can still be an effective choice when a
substantial volume of documents must be captured at each
office.