WH Smith Solves its Paper Problems with ImageNow®

Perceptive Software’s enterprise document management solutions improve accounts department efficiency.

SHAWNEE, KANSAS — (09 Jan 2008) Perceptive Software Ltd today announced that one of the UK’s leading retail groups, WH Smith PLC, has implemented ImageNow® enterprise document management, imaging and workflow software to improve productivity and solve archiving problems in its Swindon headquarters accounts department.

Managers at WH Smith selected Perceptive Software to replace an existing, unreliable document management system used for accounts payable and accounts receivable.

“Our old system required us to handle and approve documents manually, and only scan for archiving when the process was complete,” said David McGrath, IT Manager, WH Smith. “Because we handle approximately 300,000 pages per year, this meant a lot of wasted time and paper handling. ImageNow was the best choice to increase efficiency and speed up the payment process. It was also very easily integrated with our Cedar Financials software.”

WH Smith’s staff will now be scanning documents upon receipt, routing electronically using ImageNow workflow to accounts payable personnel for entry into Cedar Financials, and then on to workflow for approval by managers. With the ImageNow printer application, they can also capture system-generated documents automatically – avoiding the time-consuming process of printing and scanning to archive. This also contributes to WH Smith’s commitment to tackling the environmental impact of its business.

“We expect ImageNow to have an extremely positive effect on productivity and vendor relationships at WH Smith,” said Paul Hunt, Director of Sales – EMEA, Perceptive Software. “The ease of management our software provides also means minimal effort for system development and future training.”

About WH Smith PLC
WH Smith PLC is one of the UK’s leading retail groups, with 543 high street stores and 129 travel stores at airports, train station and motorway service area locations across the UK. High Stores sell a wide range of newspapers, magazines, stationary, books, confectionery and entertainment products. WH Smith PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is part of the FTSE mid 250 Index.

About Perceptive Software
Since 1995 Perceptive Software, Inc., has built enterprise content management software, including document management, document imaging and workflow solutions, to help organizations efficiently capture and organize virtually any document, then easily retrieve a precise page at the moment it's needed. More than 1,700 organizations in 22 countries rely on the ImageNow product suite to simplify their business processes.

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