LONG BEACH, Calif., – From coordinating item approvals to photocopying supplemental reports, creating a meeting agenda is a big job.

To help speed up the process, Laserfiche®, a leading provider of document management solutions, today announced the launch of Agenda Manager™ 7.1. The new software package is designed to make the process of agenda preparation – from the point of item submission to final agenda publication – as simple and automated as possible.

Agenda Manager was created to meet growing demand for automated creation and publishing of the agendas that form the foundation of a wide range of meetings in government and business. A key target audience is city clerks, who are responsible for making sure an agenda is ready for each city council meeting.

“My agendas are usually at least 30 items long, but the formatting process is so automated now that I only need to take about five minutes to make little adjustments,” notes City Clerk Jeanne Deese of Monroe, N.C. “Agenda Manager has really revitalized our office, saving time not just for me, but each of our department heads as well.”

“I love that I can go in and fine-tune things as much as I want. The fact that I have complete control over the final ‘look’ is probably my favorite feature,” adds Deese.

While designed with local municipalities in mind, the software is so flexible that it can handle almost any agenda creation process, public or private. Because the product is Web-based, it is independent of the Laserfiche server, and agenda participants do not need to load any software onto their individual computers. Since final formatting and publication of the agenda takes place in Microsoft Word, all format functions from that program can be utilized, making formatting options virtually endless.

“Agenda Manager addresses the specific demands of agenda creation, including item submission and approval routing,” said Laserfiche Product Manager Alex Wilson. “This frees the person putting the agenda together from time-consuming repetitive tasks, allowing them to focus on more important business.”

About Laserfiche:
Based in Long Beach, Calif., Laserfiche (www.laserfiche.com) creates simple and elegant document management solutions that help organizations run smarter. Laserfiche solutions are used in more than 21,000 government and business offices worldwide.

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