Publisher's Synopsis
The emerging technology of Document Image Processing (DIP) is having a significant impact on companies and their use of IT in storing, retrieving and accessing information traditionally held in paper form. Yet many prospective users of DIP are often faced with a lack of understanding of the technology and its business and application issues.;This work provides a concise introduction to the subject, following the format of the "What is" books which are aimed at business professionals and introduce and address key issues of major new information technologies.;It assesses such topics as non-technical issues; the benefits - tangible, functional and corporate; cost justification based on the concept of information economics; the application areas including eight case studies; DIP systems; key components of DIP technology; and how DIP can become part of a total information management strategy.;The book also provides a list of useful addresses including organization and trade associations involved in DIP and a list of system suppliers.