The Ephesoft Web Service APIs provide a valuable set of document capture, classification, extraction and OCR micro-services to “capture enable”” any application. Need a searchable PDF? Want to identify a type of document? Want to extract or validate metadata?
We are seeing a movement in the market where customers want to leverage these functions to provide an invisible automation layer that just happens, and is transparent to users. You can read more on that phenomena here: The Benefits of Invisible Capture
Below are two videos by our professional services and tech teams that show the capabilities.
This is part 2 of my video series on how to add intelligent capture automation to Microsoft Technologies with Ephesoft Transact. The first video (Scanning to Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Flow) provides a way to front-end processes through web-based scanning for SharePoint. This demo video below uses Ephesoft’s Web Services to auto-classify documents and add intelligence to workflow.
The benefits of intelligent document capture are well documented, and its impact on efficiency can be a quick win for any business processing a decent volume of documents. Capture 2.0 adds a new dimension of automation, and provides capture functionality to any application or system. So now, the ERP, CRM or Document Management System can be capture enabled through its own interface, without the need to switch windows, open a new application or “send files” to a processing location. This “hidden” automation layer requires no end-user expertise, and as far as they know, they are doing business as usual. Below are some core benefits to leveraging Capture 2.0 Web Services:
Minimal Impact to Operations – Current process: the end-user uploads a received file through the CRM interface, and then enters some notes and metadata about the file: customer name, date of contract, salesperson, and region. Capture 2.0 enabled process: the end-user uses the same upload process, but in the background, the hidden capture automation layer classifies the document, extracts all the data and enters it into the CRM automatically. This is the power of document capture and OCR online web services. With no impact to current process or operations, you gain efficiency and reduce errors, driving speed of transactions, reduced response times and the costly fixing of erroneous data.
Salesforce Upload Classification and Extraction
Low to No Training – because end users are using the applications they use every day, there is almost zero training required. That’s the beauty of the hidden capture layer. If deployed correctly, users just perform their process the same way, and manual data entry and steps are eliminated. The lack of a training requirement minimizes any lost work days spent on costly training, and provides value starting day one.
Solve the Plague of Windows – more and more, IT and Business staff alike are looking to streamline and consolidate, and reduce the number of applications required to do business. Creating that single interactive interface, or that single source of truth, is the end goal. And a web services automation layer can provide functionality that would normally require the addition of an interactive app.
Maximum Efficiency – it is said that 50% of document intensive process labor is spent on 5% of your documents. Why? The cost of problems and fixing errors. Automating any data extraction and document classification process, coupled with data validation techniques, and reduce errors to almost 0, and drive the maximum efficiency possible in your organization.
Just a brief note on some thoughts and trends I am seeing in the marketplace. Thoughts? If you want to see Capture 2.0 Web Services in action, take a peek at Ephesoft Transact Web Services API.
Document Capture Insights 