With the issue of global warming growing in importance, it is becoming clearer that an environmentally friendly approach will have a positive effect on the bottom line of Local Governments. City Councils in Australia and New Zealand, for example, have learned that cutting back on paper related expenditures makes a significant difference.
Following the successful implementation of ARX’s CoSign digital signature solution, Councils have begun to cut back on expenses while improving their customer service. For some Councils, implementing CoSign solution helped to expedite their approval processes in online building consent applications, digital signature seals the building plans and provides nonrepudiation (limits Council liabilities), and made them environmentally friendly with no more hard copy plan submissions.
“Local Governments are being driven by quantifiable business process needs that can best be met by a digital signature solution such as CoSign,” said Mike Eyal, Director of TME Digital Signature, a provider of electronic signature solutions, and the ARX partner in Australia and New Zealand. “If you take a look at the bigger picture, these Councils no longer have to print, fax or courier documents just to get someone’s approval on a project.
“They are not just saving paper and storage space, but they are also cutting back on power consumption and reducing dependence on carbon producing services that would typically be required to move a document urgently cross city just to get sign off from an authorised Council representative.”
For further information contact TME Digital Signature on 1800 305 175 or check www.digitalsignature.co.nz
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