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HR Digitisation

HR digitisation converts information or activities from analogue formats into digital ones. Scanning personnel records and replacing paper leave forms with electronic forms are common examples.

Example

An employer scans signed contracts into a controlled document system, indexes them by employee identifier and records who is allowed to access them.

What to keep in mind

Digitisation differs from redesigning a whole service. Check scan quality, retention requirements and access controls before assuming that a digital copy allows the original record to be discarded.

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