SoftDesign's Document Management System is designed specifically for law firms who, whilst unable to manage and control their documents from creation through to archiving and deletion, cannot justify one of the market-leading yet costly document management systems.

Even when a law firm has excellent templates that conform to house style, it is extremely difficult to restrict users from creating their own hybrids, reflecting theirs, or their fee earners preferences.

Poor practice means that users can continue to modify old documents rather than create new ones from master templates; equally, there is no way to guarantee that documents are saved to the correct folder, only adding to the frustration when documents are to be retrieved.

There is very little that can be done to manage these situations without the aid of a fully integrated document management system - DocMan.