Enterprise forms automation

Enterprise forms automation is a company-wide computer system or set of systems for managing, distributing, <a href="/facts/Document_processing/Ia4ECRw4">completing, and processing</a> paper-based forms, applications, surveys, contracts, and other documents. It plays a vital role in the concept of a <a href="/facts/Paperless_office/rGvt0kUJ">paperless office</a>.
<a href="/facts/JetForm/3LqpgEsL">JetForm</a> Corporation first used the term "enterprise forms automation" in the mid 1990s to describe their solution to automating paperwork. This process was later acquired by <a href="/facts/Adobe_Systems/Bj1d5XvJ">Adobe Systems</a>, and is now part of the <a href="/facts/Adobe_LiveCycle/DzjRN0HM">Adobe LiveCycle</a> suite of products. In 2004, Efficient Technology Inc, became the first company to apply this term to <a href="/facts/Software_as_a_service/LPyPQ5b7">software as a service</a>.
Enterprise forms automation refers to the automation of paper-based processes that specifically rely on documents (forms, applications, etc.) that retain a paper-based look and experience, even if not printed out for interaction. To be considered an ‘enterprise forms automation’ solution, a system must meet <a href="/facts/Enterprise_software/RGa1b0bC">enterprise software</a> requirements, and specifically focus on automating paperwork and paper-based forms.

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Enterprise forms automation