The globally used EMC Documentum Webtop application was identified as target for the official document structure as well as for administration functions that were built to manage the retention periods according to the business tasks. The new global Records Retention structure with its supporting functionalities allows employees globally to store their retention relevant emails and documents more easily and efficiently based on their specific business tasks. Automatic retention policies will assure the compliant storage of the data according to the specific retention periods that are required.
»The Global Records Management System is helping us to comply with the global and local legal requirements while saving time by its predefined retention rules and its independence from organizational restructuring. The fme staff faced all challenges with professionalism and profound know-how in the area of life sciences« (Project Manager, Legal Department)
Benefits
The initial project of the Global Records Management System, which was carried out by fme AG on time and on budget:
- ensures a much higher sustainability in filing and archiving documents.
- facilitates cooperation across the world by a consistent basic folder structure.
- helps saving time by providing predefined retention rules deposited to the mutual folders.

