Enterprise Content Management involves capturing structured and unstructured content thats generated all over the enterprise, storing that content, processing it into information, delivering that information to those who need it for decision-support, and finally transferring it to long-term storage for preservation until it can be removed safely from the system.
Enterprise Content Management seeks to prevent duplication of functions and redundancy in resource usage that are typical where each department and function uses dedicated stand-alone systems.
Earlier articles identify capture, storage and preservation, and delivery components. This article explores the “management” component that works on other components to achieve desired results.
This management component manages content capture, processing and transformation, and information delivery. It uses databases and access-authorization systems to do this. It also attends to the archiving and final removal functions.
Elements of the Management Component
Document Management: Document management involves:
-> Check out/Check in facilities for working with the content,