Document management software covers the entire spectrum of document digitizing and process automation activities; e.g. scanning the files, indexing and organizing them for quick retrieval, storing them in a centralized repository, securely sharing them, collaborating on documents, editing them, automatically routing them for review, approval etc. as well as keeping an audit trail for compliance as well as security reasons. The first part of digitizing activities is known as “scanning and capture” – if your documents are not scanned and captured electronically (e.g. using document management software), it is not possible to automate your document based business processes.