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Likely at go-live/vendor selection, nobody wanted to revolutionize things in a way that could only be done on computer.
The successful vendor will be the one that can « make all of your paper stuff look/function/feel the same way on a computer ».
This minimizes training, development and changing the workflow you used for 20 years. Which checks every department’s checkboxes.
So you end up with the worst aspects of paper, with few of the benefits of technology.
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Likely at go-live/vendor selection, nobody wanted to revolutionize things in a way that could only be done on computer.
The successful vendor will be the one that can « make all of your paper stuff look/function/feel the same way on a computer ».
This minimizes training, development and changing the workflow you used for 20 years. Which checks every department’s checkboxes.
So you end up with the worst aspects of paper, with few of the benefits of technology.