Announcing...

A Standard Practices and Best Practices Study of the Forms Management Profession

Essociates Group, Inc. will conduct a comprehensive study of the forms management profession as it is currently practiced within the United States and Canada. The objective of the study is to gather quantitative and qualitative data in six key areas, as follows:

• Organization, structure, staffing and scope of the forms management function

• Examination of common standards (style guides) that currently exist

• Process Analysis - scope, techniques and staffing

• Warehousing and Distribution

• Paper forms include procurement, shipping, warehousing, pick and pack, delivery, and inventory control

• Electronic forms include servers, catalogs, portals, file formats supported, obsolescence process, and differences between "inside-the-firewall" (in-house) and "outside-the-firewall" (customer-facing forms)

• Design and design approval process and software used

• Future plans, changes and strategies

Research sponsors are being enlisted now. For more information, review the Study Proposal. To sign up, complete the Sponsorship Application, or contact us at info@essociatesgroup.com or call 913-284-6573.