"Adding digital signatures to our SharePoint deployment has changed the way we've done business," said Hans Christansen, CEO, CPI. "It has saved us money and significantly improved our customer service."

At C&P Inspection (CPI), an inspection and quality assurance firm, the investment in SharePoint centered on the need to make it easier for the firm's worldwide team of inspectors to manage reports generated at customer locations around the world. However, signature approvals required on these reports forced printed documents into the workflow, preventing CPI from leveraging the full benefits of its investment in business automation.

"The reintroduction of paper into our workflow was a major hindrance in our ability to enjoy the full benefits of our investment in Microsoft SharePoint," said Carsten Peyk, IT Manager at CPI. "I quickly understood that something as simple as integrating a signing solution with our pre-existing document management system would immediately rectify the issues, saving us time and money, and increasing the services we could provide to our customers."

With digital signatures seamlessly integrated with SharePoint, every step of CPI's workflows - from document creation through to signature approval and archiving - can remain electronic. By eliminating the expenses associated with paper-based approval processes, CPI saved approximately $90,000 in only the first year of deploying digital signatures for SharePoint.

SharePoint facilitates efficient, cost-effective collaboration across the enterprise, but the lack of a digital signature component introduces time, cost, and complexity to any process that requires a signature approval. By deploying digital signature capabilities with SharePoint, organizations can realize the full value of their investment in automation. Learn more about how digital signatures can enhance your SharePoint deployment by watching a 2-minute video demo or reading the CPI case study.

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