Take CIMS Reports and store them Electronically Produce CIMS Letters – efile, not print, copy, send, cc Have applicants apply online and store applicant documents online and for admin to review online. Browse/attach interview documents. Browse/attach evaluation docs to evaluation records Browse/attach WCB, Injury docs to CIMS records Browse/attach non-CIMS letters, signed contracts, … Encourage EC and AC online for viewing, reporting, analyzing.. Reduce printing, encouraging online Just do it all – no more Hard Copy, scan everything eFile – Evolution
Categorize/Organize Secure (authorization) Name Add appropriate tags, searchable words Confirm: process can be application independent – If CIMS were to disappear your documents and a database for them exist just like in a PC directory … CIMS does this all for you! eFile – Critical Components
Security: Confirmation of Folder Access IFS: *public *write only, Access through RES This confirms SOLID Folder Security to unauthorized users and hackers Appropriate folder access to employees (EIS.122) Appropriate access to other authorized users to view and explore documents on their staff (RES.000) District Policy to Staff regarding confidentiality of information eFile – Critical Components
A US study estimates the world creates 4 exabytes of efile data annually.. 400M per every person on earth Google is used for 2 million hits per minute on searching for online efiled information! Number of Districts gone paperless meaning – new employee does not mean start a folder! Brandon, Seven Oaks?, Fort McMurray,.. Who else? Number of Documents/year.. Reaching 10000/year Categories: between 8 and 11 categories eFile – Statistics/Affirmation
Customer#Emps Paid FEB/13 Avg Docs/EmpeDocs since 03/01/12Documents Viewed No of Categories SD Seven Oaks SDML BSD APL WSD APL Only PLPSD TMSD RETSD Delta SD Not many FMCM73038 ISD60505 HSD Exclude Applicants and T4’s, Adds since Mar 1, 2012 Half (50%) of the documents are being viewed
Efficiency? Is it taking more time, has it added or reduced to our workload? Accessibility? Are people utilizing and enjoying having this information readily available? ½ of docs scanned are actually read Scanner/Document Tips and/or concerns? Document Quality concerns? Signatures, Sign offs.. Problem in scanning because of signature rather than to browse/attach PC Document Risk/Liability? eFile – What have we Learnt
Changes to eFiling CIMS Letters and appropriate ing for notifications (EIS.380, EME.900) Confirmation – browse/attach in AdminConnect and alongside to provide similar ability IMG.301E for viewing. Change to Marking documents as read. New Zip option IMG.900 for Job Postings and in situations where you need an employees full folder saved. eFile – Newest Features
Single Letters: EIS.380 ‘P’rint Letters eFile = Y Hold = Y Emp = Y Changes to PAI include internal Notes in the body of the letter ** New ZFx format EME to send that letter to everyone else! New format to make sending quick and consistent eFile – Considerations
For Bulk Letters - consider changing your process Prepare List - EIS.995 ‘W’ which is approved rather than separate letters and signatures Then EIS.995 and eFile letters.. Separate EIS.995 to each location so Admin is aware of all changes (not one letter per employee) Then PRO.525 for that SAR# range to inform employees eFile – Considerations
CVTSPLPDF - New Features Add Keywords and Subject to PDF **will be doing Adding Security to documents on View ** Only for those things that CIMS Produces (NOT Browse/attach).. I see this happening at the category level eFile – Considerations No Ability to Print No Ability to copy/paste Can also move to digital signature
Scanning takes time and storage … **New** consider thinking about reducing the overall folder? Number of copies of documents in a folder Things that really do not need to be filed per person – eg: old annual Acceptable Use Signatures – Web Form Response only.. If you have to keep the paper cause of the signature package all paperwork and store. Solid District Policy & Procedures re-developed and re-aligned to efiling as we go there eFile – Considerations