• Storage of documents through barcode is very convenient - thousands of documents can be put after a barcode and there is no manual intervention required to direct them to a folder.
  
  
• The barcode feature also allows delegation of the document capture responsibility since the printout of the barcode is enough to specify where the documents need to be stored.
  
  
• The use of OCR and indexing provides a powerful search capability. Documents can be searched for words, phrases and their logical combinations (for e.g. search for documents with 'Word1' AND 'Word2')
  
  
• The search engine allows fuzzy search wherein approximate matches are served up. This is particularly relevant because OCR engines are not 100% accurate.
  
  
• The Viewer allows user to navigate across documents easily and perform other operations like zooming, rotating etc.
  
  
• Version control allows the maintenance of Versions of various documents with single check out facility so that multiple users cannot modify the same document.
  
  
• WorkFlow Engine allows the creation of workflow templates and assigning documents to a particular workflow enabling the document to be routed to multiple users and actions.
  
  
• ODMA (Open Document Management API) compliance through DCOM interfaces allows the integration of ViciDocs into any existing ODMA compliant client application.
  
  
• The falling hardware prices of scanners, hard disk etc. make it very cost effective.
  
  
• The software is robust and scaleable thus ensuring low recurring costs like maintenance.
  
  

The system is ideally suited for the following situations for instance:

• Corporate banking departments of Banks and FIs can use it to store proposals, monitoring documents etc. and retrieve them easily.
  
  
• Placement agencies can store their resumes and search for any word or phrase.
  
  
• Employees in research organisations can store reports, newspaper cuttings etc to build up a solid reference base.