What’s the best way to begin any digital transformation journey? Find a project that is achievable within one month, with the resources you have today, and that is of immediate value to the business.

That’s it. That’s your Plan A. Compare that with most digital transformation projects, which can take a year or more, require significant new headcount and resources, and whose value to the organization is an unproven projection. In our experience, keeping it simple and starting small is the best way to begin any digital transformation journey, not least because several teams can start small in parallel.

Alex McWilliam, Brand Contributor for GoogleCloud and Forbes.com has put together a compelling series detailing paths towards digital transformation within your business. Click here to read more and find out the best plan towards executing your streamlined business solutions.

“Establishing a records storage system requires a thorough review of your current company practices and a workable plan. Whether you are setting up a paperless, electronic system or creating a system using paper records, you use the same process. This involves applying logical organizing principles. Proper divisions, or categories, are the key to an efficient, effective system.”

Creating a records storage system can be a daunting task. Roy Sylvan over at Chron is a Product Plan and Small Business author who sets up a sure fire system on setting up a records storage system in the most effective way possible for your business, no matter the size. Read more to see the vital four steps necessary to take while setting up a records management system.

Learn about the benefits of digitizing your documents and how to do it.

As your business progresses from a startup to an established business, the volume of paper documents grows exponentially, and that stockpiled paperwork wastes space and is difficult to manage. One solution is to digitize everything; you can use digital conversion techniques to convert all of your business’s paper documents to electronic versions that are stored either on your own server or in the cloud. This allows you to manage documents more efficiently, without losing critical documents, thereby avoiding damage to your business’s credibility.

What is document scanning?

Document scanning, also called document imaging, is the process of capturing digital images of paper documents. The images of the physical documents are then transformed into a digital format using OCR conversion software. OCR, or optical character recognition, scans document images and turns them into text documents. This intelligent conversion allows documents to be searched with relevant keywords.